Zoe's Tale

John Scalzi author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:3rd Dec '15

£8.99

Available for immediate dispatch.

Zoe's Tale cover

The fourth book in John Scalzi's exciting sci-fi series which started with Old Man's War.

Hard-core, fast paced science fiction, John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale is the fourth in The Old Man's War series.

She won't go down without a fight.

It's not every day you up sticks and move to another world. But then, Zoë Boutin-Perry's life has never been ordinary. She's the adopted teenage daughter of two former super-soldiers. She's also a holy icon to a race of alien warriors who track her every move. So she's used to the quirks of being a human in space.

However, this time something's different. Betrayed by the authorities, Zoë – along with her parents and fellow colonists - finds herself stranded on a deadly pioneer planet. The Colonial Union has also set them up as a target for hostile alien action. Zoë must become a player (and a pawn) in an interstellar battle, which will determine the fate of humanity.

Her father's side of this story was told in The Last Colony, but Zoe's Tale reveals a whole new dimension.

It's a story you may think you know, but you don't really know it at all.

Continue the gripping space war series with The Human Division.

'John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today' – Joe Hill, author of The Fireman

John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today * Joe Hill *
Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures . . . It's funny, it's sad, and it's true * Cory Doctorow *
A fast-paced political thriller laced with observant characterization, great dialogue, and some genuinely original science * Guardian *
Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters * The Times *
Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling * Washington Post *
Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced * Wall Street Journal *
Astonishingly proficient * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant * Strange Horizons *

  • Short-listed for Hugo Award For Best Novel 2009 (United States)

ISBN: 9781447295358

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 23mm

Weight: 236g

336 pages