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Peace is an illusion . . . After a decade, acclaimed Hugo Award winner and science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War series with the long-awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace. For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space due to...
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See moreHumankind is dragged into a new conflict among the stars. In this military sci-fi adventure, acclaimed author John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War series with the long-awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace.
Humankind is dragged into a new conflict among the stars. In this military sci-fi romp acclaimed author John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War series with the long-awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace.
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Peace is an illusion . . .
After a decade, acclaimed Hugo Award winner and science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War series with the long-awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace.
For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space due to agreements between the Colonial Union, Earth and the alien Conclave. But now the most advanced, intelligent species humans have ever met is on the cusp of a species-defining war. Nothing the Consu does, however, is just about them. The Colonial Union, Earth and the Conclave have been unwillingly dragged into their conflict, and in the most surprising of ways.
Gretchen Trujillo is a mid-level bureaucrat in a mundane job within the Colonial Union's State Department. Until, that is, she's called to take part in a secret mission that will involve representatives from every powerful faction in space. What she discovers could redefine the destinies of humans and aliens alike . . . or destroy every one of them.
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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...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Pre-orderThe Shattering Peace
Peace is an illusion . . . After a decade, acclaimed Hugo Award winner and science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War series with the long-awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace. For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space due to agreements between the Colonial Union, Earth and the alien Conclave. But now the most...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Dec 2026Pre-order
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ISBN: 9781509835386
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 August 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tor
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 209.0mm
Weight: 204g
Pages: 288
About the Author
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.
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