Book Review: The Last Colony
Apr 17th, 2008 by jeremy
Book sixteen in 52 books in 52 weeks
Are you sick of my reviews of John Scalzi books? Are you tired of me saying what an amazing sci-fi writer, creator of characters I love, and author that is single-handidly making me love this 52 books in 52 weeks thing he is? Are you tired of his books making me write grammatically horrible sentences like that last one because of the enjoyment I’m getting out of his stories?
Well lucky for you, and sadly for me, I’ve now finished the last book in his Old Man’s War series. Which means you won’t hear me going on about him any more unless some of his earlier books that I’ve picked up are just as good.
The Last Colony picks up where his last book in the series left off. John Perry from the first book is married to Jane from the second book. They’re asked by the military to settle a colony on a planet that’s been captured, but as soon as they land things go bad.
Soon they’re involved in military cover-up, alien attacks, galactic war and humanity on the edge of eradication. The story moves quickly, and the characters are as well-developed as the other two books.
They’re sent to the new colony, Roanoke, but their ship ends up somewhere they’re not supposed to be. They’re cut off from everyone else and have to figure out how to survive without being protected by the Colonial Union. There’s less action than the other books, but it never gets boring. It’s almost a political thriller set in space instead of action sci-fi.
Rating A-
More of my reviews for the 52 books in 52 weeks
Other people’s reviews for the week.
- Jamie reviews In Defense of Food by Michael Pollen
- Natasha reviews The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo