The Shattering Peace

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Multiple New York Times bestseller John Scalzi brings us a fast-paced adventure set in the far-future. The Shattering Peace is a much-anticipated return to Scalzi's beloved Old Man's War universe. As peace turns to war, a galaxy prepares to fight. . . For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept war at bay - despite some yearning to revisit the fighting of former times. But now, a looming civil war threatens this hard-won peace. The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, is on the cusp of a species-defining war. This war is between Consu factions, but nothing the Consu ever does is just about them. The Colonial Union, the Earth and the Conclave have been unwillingly dragged into the conflict - and in the most surprising of ways. Gretchen Trujillo is an unimportant mid-level diplomat, working for the Colonial Union bureaucracy. Until, that is, she's called to take part in a secret mission. This will involve representatives from every powerful faction in space. And what she discovers could redefine the destinies of humans and aliens alike . . . or destroy them all. Praise for the Old Man's War sequence 'Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced' - Wall Street Journal 'Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters' - The Times The Old Man's War novels: Old Man's War The Ghost Brigades The Last Colony Zoe's Tale The Human Division The End of All Things The Shattering Peace

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John Scalzi writes science fiction that is fun, intelligent and irreverent . . . I havent enjoyed science fiction this much in years -- Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon, on the Old Mans War series
Old Mans War is classic SF seen from a modern perspective a fast-paced tour of a daunting, hostile universe -- Robert Charles Wilson, author of Spin, on Old Mans War
I enjoyed Old Mans War immensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you almost want to live in, and a universe you sincerely hope you dont live in already -- Ken MacLeod, author of the Lightspeed Trilogy, on Old Mans War
I can honestly say I cant think of another book that ever made me laugh this much. Ever -- Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind, on Redshirts
Scalzi takes apart the whole Star Trek universe and puts it back together far more plausibly and a lot funnier too -- Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians, on Redshirts

Author Bio

John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Lock In, Redshirts - which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel - The Last Emperox and The Kaiju Preservation Society. Material from his widely read blog, Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.