What a brilliant ending to a three book series. The Last Colony was everything I wanted it to be and more. It takes all of the characters set up in Old Man's War and Ghost Brigades and uses all of those introductions, political machinations, and introduced alien cultures and brings it all to a fantastic climax.
Not only was the story good, but the solution that the main character (John Perry) use to more-or-less save the day is an idea that I have often had when thinking about international politics, which made me appreciate the ending that much more.
Turns out there is one more book that takes place in the Old Man's War universe called Zoe's Tale which I plan to pick up Monday... so I don't quite have to leave the characters yet. :)
Running across a writer like John Scalzi makes me excited to know that there are so many undiscovered writers out there that I have yet to stumble upon. I am the kind of reader that likes to keep a small number of authors close to my heart... because it isn't realistic to follow the works of everyone... and I like always having some names I can look for when I go into old used book stores and such. That said, it is obvious there are so many good stories to read out there (not even counting the sci-fi classics which I never find myself motivated to tackle). I also have a new found respect for multi-arch paperbacks... you can just crank through them and because they are told over multiple books, the universes get to be so rich and fulfilling.
So, now I am on a search for the next thing... after Zoe's Tale of course. Any suggestions?
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