The Shattering Peace
18 September 2025Imprint: Tor
Synopsis
For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay. But there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil...
Details
18 September 2025336 pages
9781529082937Imprint: Tor
Reviews
John Scalzi writes science fiction that is fun, intelligent, and irreverent . . . I haven't enjoyed science fiction this much in yearsChristopher Paolini, author of Eragon, on the Old Man's War series
Old Man's War is classic SF seen from a modern perspective – a fast-paced tour of a daunting, hostile universeRobert Charles Wilson, author of Spin, on Old Man's War
I enjoyed Old Man's 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 don't live in alreadyKen MacLeod, author of the Lightspeed Trilogy, on Old Man's War
I can honestly say I can't think of another book that ever made me laugh this much. EverPatrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind on Redshirts
