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Zoe's Tale

An Old Man's War Novel

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Zoe's Tale

Written by: John Scalzi
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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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 chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.

Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did — how I did what I had to do — not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes.

It's a story you know. But you don't know it all.

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What the critics say

“The Last Colony will kick your butt across the galaxy and make you care.” —Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column, on The Last Colony

“Scalzi's captivating blend of off-world adventure and political intrigue remains consistently engaging.” —Booklist on The Last Colony

“In Heinleinesque fashion, the book is loaded with scenes of comradeship, isolation, ruthlessness and the protocols, which govern the lives of active-duty soldiers. But this is where Scalzi, famous for his blog ‘The Whatever,' surpasses Heinlein. Scalzi weaves in subtle discussions of humanity's growing fear of aging and our simultaneous attraction and repulsion to the Frankenstein-like creatures we are able to create.” —San Antonio Express-News on The Ghost Brigades
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exact same events as in the previous book in the serie : the last colony

superb voice acting

same story

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To the other reviewer saying the story was being retold - i think you're wrong. I also read the first 3 books (albiet, a while ago) and felt like this was it's own story. I was hoping that this book would be enough of a refresher for me to continue reading the next 3.

The perspective of Zoe, a teenage girl, gave more dimension to The Old Mans War. Scalzi had me laughing at many occasions, and then had me emotional and teary at others. I felt this was a great stand alone, or addition to the series.

-Sarah

Fantastic read

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I loved the old man’s war series. This book is awful and is only about a teenage girl and the drama in a teenagers life. It is devoid of a story and is incredibly boring.

Aimed at teenage girls

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Not like any of the other books in the series. This is basically the teenage diary of Zoey read by Zoey. Skip it if you liked the other books and don’t to hear about mouth sucking from the actual perspective of a teenage girl read in a teenage girl voice. I couldn’t make it through the book.

Teenage Diary

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A 15 year old MC shouldn't be as emotionally mature as Zoe. A lot of horrible things happen to he but she takes it all in stride and remains highly functional. I can't buy it. the ending was also very diplomatic for a 15 year old all on her own. The pacing was very slow. Very slow

I couldn't get into this book

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