Now this interstellar network of worlds faces disaster -but can three individuals save their people? The empire's outposts are utterly dependent on each other for resources, a safeguard against war, and a way in which rulers can exert control. SYNOPSIS: "In the far future, humanity has left Earth to create a glorious empire. (The title was first published in the USA by Tom Doherty Associated in 2017). This is a FIRST UK EDITION B format (130 x 198mm) paperback with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
The bulk of humanity' s resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force which doesn' t want young people they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living to the frontlines of war, light-years from home. John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine-and what he will become is far stranger. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. And if you survive, you’ll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets. You’ll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. They don’t want young people they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. The bulk of humanity’s resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. This highly anticipated conclusion to the science fiction trilogy that includes "Old Man's War" and "The Ghost Brigades" Ocombines taut military action with keen insightO ("Library Journal"), as Perry and Sagan are back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war. 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.
With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry.
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