320 pages
English language
Published Feb. 27, 2007
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.
That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game--as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.
Found as EN "boxed set" and read the trilogy (with Old Man's War & The Ghost Brigades) in less than a week (nights mainly). Obvious ending, but better than #2 IMHO
From reading the Acknowledgements there is a break from the characters Jane Sagan and John Perry. Luckily, I'm behind and will probably see them soon.
This book was awesome. I can't say more when I say that John Scalzi is the new grand master of sci-fi.
love everything about this series. complete joy to read.
