04392cam a2200397 4500 614004408 TxAuBib 20221216120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781429914710 1429914718 B000SEIK2S Amazon 16e7ee5c-6e48-4ec7-8466-864cdc109f3d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 512970 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Scalzi, John. Old Man's War [Bridges eBook] : Old Man's War Series, Book 1. Tor Publishing Group, 2007. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 287kB. Format: OverDrive Open EPUB eBook, Filesize: 286kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Science Fiction / Space Opera. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>Perfect for an entry-level sci-fi reader and the ideal addition to a veteran fan's collection, John Scalzi's <i>Old Man's War</i> will take audiences on a heart-stopping adventure into the far corners of the universe.<br /></b><br /> John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.<br /> The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe, it turns out, is a hostile place.<br /> So: we fight. To defend Earth (a target for our new enemies, should we let them get close enough) and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has gone on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.<br /> Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force, which shields the home planet from too much knowledge of the situation. What's known to everybody is that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve your time at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.<br /> John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine-and what he will become is far stranger.<br /> <b>Old Man's War Series</b><br /> #1 <i>Old Man's War</i><br /> #2 <i>The Ghost Brigades</i><br /> #3 <i>The Last Colony</i><br /> #4 <i>Zoe's Tale</i><br /> #5 <i>The Human Division</i><br /> #6 <i>The End of All Things</i><br /> Short fiction: "After the Coup"<br /> <b>Other Tor Books</b><br /> <i>The Android's Dream</i><br /> <i>Agent to the Stars</i><br /> <i>Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded</i><br /> <i>Fuzzy Nation</i><br /> <i>Redshirts</i><br /> <i>Lock In</i><br /> <i>The Collapsing Empire</i><br /> At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>. Science Fiction. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-12-15 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2390-1/16E/7EE/5C/OldMansWar9781429914710.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=16E7EE5C-6E48-4EC7-8466-864CDC109F3D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2390-1/16E/7EE/5C/OldMansWar9781429914710.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=16E7EE5C-6E48-4EC7-8466-864CDC109F3D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2390-1/16E/7EE/5C/OldMansWar9781429914710.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=16E7EE5C-6E48-4EC7-8466-864CDC109F3D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2390-1/16E/7EE/5C/OldMansWar9781429914710.epub Excerpt (Open EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=16E7EE5C-6E48-4EC7-8466-864CDC109F3D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Open EPUB eBook)