{"product_id":"9781447295402","title":"The Last Colony by John Scalzi","description":"Hard-core military science fiction at its very best, John Scalzi's The Last Colony is the third in The Old Man's War series.   'Gripping and surpassingly original' - Cory Doctorow, author of WalkawayThey must save themselves - or die trying.   John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies - until he and his wife were offered an opportunity these ex-supersoldiers couldn't resist. To come out of retirement and lead a new frontier world.   However, once on the planet, they discover they've been betrayed. For this colony is a pawn in an interstellar game of war and diplomacy. Humanity's Colonial Union has pitched itself against a new, seemingly unstoppable alien alliance, dedicated to ending all human colonization.   As this contest rages above, Perry struggles to keep his terrified colonists alive on the surface below - despite dangerous interstellar politics, violence and treachery. And the planet has yet to reveal its own fatal secrets.   Continue the gripping space war series with Zoe's Tale.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204438032562,"sku":"9781447295402","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781447295402.jpg?v=1705421643","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781447295402","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}