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Zoe's Tale

An Old Man's War Novel
Series: Old Man's War
Brief Description
From New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi, Zoe's Tale, the fourth book in the Old Man's War series, is now available for the first time in trade paperback with a new introduction by the author. How do you tell your part in the biggest tale... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A return to the bestselling Old Man's War universe, by science fiction's fastest-rising new star, told from the point of view of one of the most appealing characters in the series!

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From New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi, Zoe's Tale, the fourth book in the Old Man's War series, is now available for the first time in trade paperback with a new introduction by the author.

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?

I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in an interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.

Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I didβ€”how I did what I had to doβ€”not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try to make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes.

It's a story you know. But you don't know it all.

Old Man's War Series
#1 Old Man's War
#2 The Ghost Brigades
#3 The Last Colony
#4 Zoe's Tale
#5 The Human Division
#6 The End of All Things
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250359520

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 February 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 207.0mm

Weight: 281g

Pages: 336

About the Author

JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular SF authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel), The Last Emperox, and 2022's The Kaiju Preservation Society. Material from his blog, Whatever, has earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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