John Scalzi · novel-series
Old Man's War books in order
A military-science-fiction series about humanity's interstellar expansion, the Colonial Defense Forces, and the ethics of engineered soldiers and consciousness.
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- 1 Old Man's War
Book 1 · novel · 2005
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce--…
- 2 The Ghost Brigades
Book 2 · novel · 2006
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. They're young, they're fast and strong, and…
- 3 The Sagan Diary
Book 2.5 · novella · 2007 Optional
In John Scalzi's best-selling Old Man's War series of science-fiction novels, we see this warrior woman as the other characters see her: silent and strong, from the outside. But now The Sagan Diary shows us Sagan from another point of…
- 4 The Last Colony
Book 3 · novel · 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…
- 5 Zoe's Tale
Book 4 · novel · 2008
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history? I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar…
- 6 The Human Division
Book 5 · novel · 2013
The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater…
- 7 The End of All Things
Book 6 · fixup · 2015
Hugo-award winning author, John Scalzi returns to his best-selling Old Man's War universe with The End of All Things, the direct sequel to 2013's The Human Division Humans expanded into space...only to find a universe populated with…
- 8 The Shattering Peace
Book 7 · novel · 2025
After a decade, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace THE PEACE IS SHATTERING For a decade, peace has reigned in…
