Old Man's War

Old Man's War

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the Colonial Defense Force, the military branch of the interplanetary Colonial Union.

Yes, humanity has finally made it out to interstellar space. But under the auspices of the CU, which holds a monopoly on spaceships capable of FTL travel, folks are only allowed off-planet if they enlist or become colonists. Unfortunately, planets fit for human habitation are few, and alien races that are willing to fight us for them are many. Far from Earth, the Colony Wars have gone on for decades. And only seniors can enlist, because the CDF wants people with a lifetime of experience. In return, they’re somehow made young again, and—if they survive—they get a new life on a new world, never to return to Earth.

Faced with increasing decrepitude and a useless death from old age, John Perry thinks it’s a sweet deal. So he’s taken off Earth to serve two years at the front, but he doesn’t have the vaguest idea what he’s getting into. He doesn’t dream that his old body will be completely replaced with a new young body that is better than human. That there are an awful lot of alien species out there with a taste for human meat. That after a year of fighting space octopi and sentient pteradactyls and one-inch-high humanoids, he’ll feel like he’s become a soulless killing machine. And that the remedy will be to fall in love again, with someone who seems terribly familiar…. Warning: Explicit language. Jacket art by Donato Giancola. (316 pp.) 2005.

Hardcover: 320 pages

Publisher: Tor Books ( January 01, 2005 )

Item #: 43-9635

ISBN: 9780765309402

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.813 inches

Product Weight: 14.0 ounces