The Last Colony

Old Man's War, Book 3

By: John Scalzi

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.

That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game — as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.

The highly anticipated conclusion to John Scalzi's SF trilogy begun with Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades concludes with The Last Colony

Listen to Old Man's War .

©2007 John Scalzi (P)2008 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“The Last Colony will kick your butt across the galaxy and make you care.” —Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column, on The Last Colony

“Scalzi's captivating blend of off-world adventure and political intrigue remains consistently engaging.” —Booklist on The Last Colony

Another good one

This third installment is a good one. 2.5 was a great, short lead up to this. I enjoyed how Scalzi used body language to show other characters emotions and then would have his main character guess at alien emotions through their body language. It felt like such a great addition to the series and really progressed the story through huge events that seemed so small before they happened.

For the audiobook, Durfis is such a great representation of Perry (the main) character. He brings a lot of warmth to the characters and story alike. One thing he could work on would be what it sounds like when someone is about to cry.

Great book in an excellent series

These books are fast paced and flow easily. I always look forward to the next.

Another great Scalzi book

From the titles, I didn’t expect to like the “Old Man’s War” series. But they are great! A mix of Scalzi’s humor and classic “what if” of science fiction.

Excellent But Different

Any additional comments?

I loved this book. it was an excellent way to tie up the series.I know there is also another book from Zoe's point of view but for the story as a whole i really enjoyed the way Scalzi brought it together.The Last Colony is somewhat diferent that Old Man's War or The Ghost Bigrades...same Scalzi, MUCH less action. If you are expecting big battles (or even a lot of small skirmishes) this is not your book. This book could stand apart fror the Sci Fi genre & be set anywhere in history; I think that is testament to Scalizi's talent!.Once again William Dufris does a wonderful job. I think he really captures the different personalities and tells great story.

2nd listen-even better series than the 1st time

I decided to re-listen to the entire series once more prior to listening to The Human Division. On first reading/listening, the novels were so involved and the plot intricate with sub plots and story arcs that I lost my sense of direction. This second listen is an excellent time to pick up on things I had missed previously...especially since I seldom "Just Listen". More frequently I'm doing something else and it's easy to get side tracked.

The Last Colony of Roanoke (yes, like the Lost Colony in the 1600's in Virginia) was especially confusing for me the first listen...Perhaps because when I played it I was still deep in The Sagan Diary-which I really loved and which was so well written and narrated that I couldn't get it out of my mind.

Now I'm 2/3 of the way thru The Last Colony and find the plot to be quite exciting and involved, with many intricacies-plotting aliens, lying Colonial authorities, colonists deciding they can go their own way and not follow the directions given by the colony leader-and getting killed by native creatures, threats of colony termination from a group of aliens who want to run settlement rules and so on...but really good writing and narration makes it much easier to follow this time.

I very much recommend this almost old fashioned type of SiFi story. It's not Star Trek, thats for sure.

this series just gets better with each book

trust me, you will not regret reading these books! it's fiction, fun as fuck fiction about outer space! for adults!

Excellent story.

I was a little hesitant to like this at first, but the story grew on me. Loved the ending. Hope there are more stories.

Magical!

These books are magical! I'm not sure there's much more to say than that.

great science fiction

I enjoy the author and this series. This book is a great mix of comedy action and drama.

Great

You'll get so lost in this book, you'll miss seeing the big dipper in the sky at night.