New Releases by John Scalzi

One day, suddenly and without explanation, the moon turns into a ball of cheese. For some, it’s an opportunity. For others, it’s time to question their life choices. How can the world stay the same in the face of such absurdity and uncertainty? Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and patients at the end of their lives – over the length of a lunar cycle, each gets their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to hope, to laugh and to grieve. All in a story that goes all the places you’d expect, and to many others you could never anticipate. For the people of the earth, this could be the end – or the beginning of a whole new world. From the Hugo and Locus Award-winning author John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye is an entirely serious take on an entirely unserious subject. * * * Praise for John Scalzi: ‘Hugely enjoyable, intelligent and good-humoured fun’ - The Guardian on The Kaiju Preservation Society ‘SF‘s leading humourist’ - SFX, five-star review for Starter Villain ‘Following in the footsteps of sci-fi greats like Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams . . . John Scalzi is truly a must-read no matter the subject’ – Polygon

The September/October 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Natalia Theodoridou, Eddie Robson, Angela Liu, Tananarive Due, M.M. Olivas, Jo Miles, and Marissa Lingen. Essays by Sophie Aldred, Yamile Saied Méndez, John Scalzi, and LaShawn M. Wanak, poetry by Prosper C. Ìféányí, Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Angel Leal, and Mikal Wix, interviews with Angela Liu and M.M. Olivas by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by John Picacio, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Betsy Aoki, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

The July/August 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Sarah Pinsker, Greg van Eekhout, Sunwoo Jeong, John Chu, AnaMaria Curtis, Eleanna Castroianni, and Megan Chee. Essays by John Scalzi, Marissa Lingen, Del Sandeen, and Natania Barron, poetry by Terese Mason Pierre, Natasha King, Roshani Chokshi, and Abdulkareem Abdulkareem, interviews with Greg van Eekhout and AnaMaria Curtis by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Broci, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

The May/June 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Sarah Rees Brennan, Tia Tashiro, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Rati Mehotra, K.S. Walker, and John Wiswell. Essays by John Scalzi, Amy Berg, Dawn Xiana Moon, and Cara Liebowitz, poetry by Angela Liu, Ali Trotta, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, and Fran Wilde, interviews with Arkady Martine and K.S. Walker by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Zara Alfonso, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

Ein packendes, temporeiches Abenteuer in einer gefährlichen Parallelwelt – perfekt für Fans von Adrian Tchaikovsky und Michael Crichtons "Jurassic Park"! Sie sind groß, gefährlich und vom Aussterben bedroht ... Jamies Traum war es, bei einem Tech Start-up in New York City groß herauszukommen. Doch die Wirklichkeit sieht anders aus: auf eine demütigende Entlassung folgt ein schlecht bezahlter Job als Lieferfahrer inmitten einer Pandemie. Es sieht düster für ihn aus, doch schließlich trifft er beim Ausliefern einer Bestellung einen alten Bekannten wieder. Tom hat dringend eine Stelle in seinem Team zu vergeben: Die Bezahlung ist gut, und Jamie hat Schulden – die Entscheidung ist klar. Doch erneut sieht er sich in seinen Erwartungen getäuscht ... Und dieses Mal steht sein Leben auf dem Spiel. Toms "Tierschutzorganisation" ist nicht das, was sie zu sein scheint: Die Tiere, die sie retten will, befinden sich nicht einmal auf der Erde! Zumindest nicht auf unserer. In einer anderen Dimension ist sie tropisch warm und nicht von Menschen bevölkert, sondern von riesenhaften dinosaurierähnlichen Bestien. Die Kaijū mögen die größten und gefährlichsten Tiere ihrer Welt sein – doch sie brauchen Hilfe, um zu überleben. Toms "Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung der Kaijū-Monster" wollen ihnen beispringen, andere jedoch wollen Profit aus ihnen schlagen. Wenn sie nicht aufgehalten werden, könnte die Trennung zwischen den Welten fallen – mit verheerenden Folgen.

The January/February 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Mary Robinette Kowal, Jordan Taylor, Jana Bianchi, Natalia Theodoridou, Ana Hurtado, Cheri Kamei, and Angela Liu. Essays by John Scalzi, Alex Jennings, Cecilia Tan, and Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne, poetry by Ali Trota, Ai Jiang, C.S.E. Cooney, and Sodïq Oyèkànmí, interviews with Jordan Taylor and Natalia Theodoridou by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Galen Dara, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

The November/December 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Naomi Kritzer, Jeffrey Ford, Kel Coleman, Cecil Castellucci, Marissa Lingen, Chelsea Sutton, and Ana Hurtado. Essays by John Scalzi, Amanda-Rae Prescott, Paul Cornell, and Lee Mandelo, poetry by Carlie St. George, Tehnuka, Lora Gray, and Angela Liu, interviews with Jeffrey Ford and Marissa lIngen by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Paul Lewin, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

Now a New York Times bestseller! Inheriting your uncle''s supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who''s running the place. Charlie''s life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn''t all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they''re coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital. It''s up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyper-intelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good. In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A conclusão de uma das séries de ficção científica mais aclamadas dos últimos anos.

É hora de usar a diplomacia: os humanos da Terra já não aceitam ficar tecnológica e militarmente atrasados em troca da proteção da União Colonial. E o Conclave, entidade que reúne mais de quatrocentas raças alienígenas, mal pode esperar para conquistar mais um aliado. Nessa atmosfera de desconfiança, Harry Wilson, agora consultor em uma equipe diplomática da UC, passa por missões que vão do impossível ao absurdo. A criatividade de sua equipe para resolver problemas pode até trazer reconhecimento, mas também chamam uma atenção indesejada. Resgatando um dos personagens mais queridos de Guerra do Velho, A humanidade dividida aprofunda o universo da série em treze episódios que podem ser lidos de maneira independente, sem jamais perder o humor característico de John Scalzi.

This ebundle includes: The Collapsing Empire, The Consuming Fire, and The Last Emperox. “The Flow” — the naturally-occurring highway humans use to travel between the stars — is breaking down. It’s up to a starship owner, a scientist, and the Emperox of the Interdependency to race against the clock in order to salvage political control over the remaining connected human colonies. Snappy dialogue, dynamic action sequences, and political skullduggery — The Interdependency sequence is a galaxy-spanning science fiction adventure for the ages. The Collapsing Empire: Faster than light travel is impossible—until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars. Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. The Flow is eternal—but it’s not static. When it’s discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individuals—a scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependency—must race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse. The Consuming Fire: The Interdependency is on the verge of collapse. Emperox Grayland II of the Interdependency is ready to take desperate measures to help ensure the survival of billions. While Grayland prepares for disaster, others are preparing for a civil war. The Emperox and her allies are smart and resourceful, as are her enemies. Nothing about this will be easy... and all of humanity will be caught in its consuming fire. The Last Emperox: Emperox Grayland II has finally wrested control of her empire from those who oppose her. But “control” is a slippery thing, and even as Grayland strives to save as many of her people from impoverished isolation, the forces opposing her rule will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne and power, by any means necessary. Grayland and her thinning list of allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves, and all of humanity. And yet it may not be enough. Will Grayland become the savior of her civilization . . . or the last emperox to wear the crown? At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Série Guerra do Velho é formada por seis títulos escritos pelo premiado John Scalzi, um dos autores de ficção científica mais populares de sua geração. Este box traz os três primeiros volumes dessa história épica, repleta de personagens cativantes, disputas intergalácticas e fino humor: Guerra do velho, As Brigadas fantasmas e A última colônia. Guerra do velho John Perry fez duas coisas em seu aniversário de 75 anos: visitou o túmulo da esposa e se juntou às Forças Coloniais de Defesa, um exército especial que não quer jovens em suas fileiras, mas homens experientes para lutar em uma guerra brutal, de proporções interplanetárias. Em busca de um novo começo, Perry decide enfrentar o desafio, mas logo perceberá que o universo é ainda mais perigoso do que imaginava. As Brigadas Fantasma Nesta sequência de Guerra do velho, a tenente Jane Sagan descobre que três raças alienígenas se uniram para impedir a expansão terrestre no espaço e destruir a humanidade. Ela passa a liderar, então, as Brigadas Fantasma, verdadeiras tropas de elite criadas para proteger a espécie humana. Mas há uma possibilidade ainda mais preocupante que a própria guerra: o pivô dessa aliança hostil pode ser um traidor. A última colônia Após anos sem expandir suas fronteiras, a União Colonial decide iniciar uma nova colônia humana no espaço, e entrega essa missão a dois condecorados heróis de guerra: John Perry e Jane Sagan. Aparentemente, seu maior desafio é conciliar interesses de grupos diversos, mas o casal logo percebe que a situação é bem mais complexa e que não passam de peões no tabuleiro de uma disputa interestelar.

The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi''s first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn''t tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm, human-free world. They''re the universe''s largest and most dangerous panda and they''re in trouble. It''s not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who have found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi''s first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. Download a FREE sneak peek today! When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn''t tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They''re the universe''s largest and most dangerous panda and they''re in trouble. It''s not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who''s found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Der dritte und abschließende Band der "Imperium der Ströme"-Trilogie aus der Feder des Science-Fiction-Bestseller-Autors John Scalzi. Der Kollaps der Ströme macht mittlerweile auch den Köpfen der mächtigen Handelshäusern große Sorgen. Allen ist klar, dass allein auf dem Planten Ende ein Leben nach der Interdependenz möglich ist. Ihr Plan: Ende in ein Habitat für die Reichen und Mächtigen zu verwandeln, während der Rest der Interdependenz seinem Schicksal überlassen wird. Die Imperatox Grayland II. möchte weiterhin einen Großteil ihrer Untertanen vor dem drohenden Kollaps retten. Unter Führung von Nadashe Nohamapetan proben die Handelshäuser deshalb den Aufstand: In einem Coup soll die Imperatox entthront werden. Doch auch Grayland sammelt ihre Kräfte: Der geniale Physiker Marce Claremont macht überraschende Fortschritte, was die Analyse der Strom-Dynamik angeht. Und Lady Kiva Lagos hat nicht die geringste Lust, sich von ihrer Erzfeindin Nadeshe aufs Kreuz legen zu lassen und geht zum Gegenangriff über ... Für Leser*innen von Peter F. Hamilton, Isaac Asimov, James Corey und Fans von Dune und Game of Thrones.

Il collasso del Flusso, il percorso interstellare tra i pianeti dell''Interdipendenza, è accelerato. Interi sistemi stellari - e miliardi di persone - stanno per essere tagliati fuori dal resto della civiltà umana. Questo crollo è stato predetto da una previsione scientifica. . . eppure, anche se l''evidenza è ovvia e insormontabile, molti cercano ancora di razionalizzare, ritardare e trarre profitto da questi ultimi giorni di uno dei più grandi imperi che l''umanità abbia mai conosciuto. L’imperatrice Grayland II ha finalmente strappato il controllo del suo impero a coloro che le si oppongono e negano la realtà di questo crollo. Ma il "controllo" è una cosa sfuggente, e anche se Grayland si sforza di salvare il maggior numero dei suoi abitanti da un isolamento impoverito, le forze che si oppongono al suo governo daranno un’ultima spinta disperata per farla cadere dal trono e perdere potere, con ogni mezzo necessario. Grayland e il suo elenco sempre più sottile di alleati, devono utilizzare ogni strumento a loro disposizione per salvare se stessi e l''intera umanità. Eppure, tutto ciò, potrebbe non essere sufficiente. Grayland diventerà la salvatrice della sua civiltà. . . o l''ultima imperatrice a indossare la corona?

The sixteen stories and two screenplays that make up Volume One of the Emmy(R) award-winning Netflix Original series Love, Death & Robots.Featuring best-selling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher.Stories and screenplays byAlastair Reynolds, Alberto Mielgo, Claudine Griggs, David W. Amendola, Joe Lansdale, John Scalzi, Ken Liu, Kirsten Cross, Marko Kloos, Michael Swanwick, Peter F. Hamilton, Steven Lewis, and Vitaliy Shushko

Within these pages lie eighteen stories, from eighteen worlds shaped by some of today’s best writers of science fiction and fantasy, all guests on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers during its first year. Some are international bestsellers. Among them are winners and nominees for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Aurora, Sunburst, Aurealis, Ditmar, British Science Fiction Association, and Dragon Awards. Some have been writing for decades, others are at the beginning of their careers. All have honed their craft to razor-sharpness. A teenage girl finds something strange in the middle of the Canadian prairie. An exobiologist tries to liberate a giant alien enslaved on its homeworld by humans. The music of the spheres becomes literal for an Earth ship far from home. A superhero league interviews for new members. Strangers share a drink on a world where giant starships fall. Two boys, one a werewolf, one a mage, get more than they bargained for when they volunteer to fight an evil Empire. A man with amnesia accepts a most unusual offer. A young woman finds unexpected allies as she tries to win a flying-machine race in steampunk London . . . Ranging from boisterous to bleak, from humorous to harrowing, from action-filled to quiet and meditative; taking place in alternate pasts, the present day, the far, far future, and times that never were; set on Earth, in the distant reaches of space, in fantasy worlds, and in metaphysical realms, each of these stories is as unique as its creator. And yet, they all showcase one thing: the irrepressible need of human beings to create, to imagine, to tell stories. To shape worlds.

Die Erfolgstrilogie in einem Band Die ersten drei Romane von John Scalzis Bestsellerserie Krieg der Klone in einem Band: »Krieg der Klone«, »Geisterbrigaden« und »Die letzte Kolonie«. An seinem 75. Geburtstag tut John Perry zwei Dinge: Erst besucht er das Grab seiner Frau. Dann tritt er in die Armee ein. In ferner Zukunft wird der interstellare Krieg gegen Alien-Invasionen mit scheinbar bizarren Mitteln geführt: Für die Verteidigung der Kolonien weit draußen im All werden nur alte Menschen rekrutiert. So wie eben John Perry, der noch einmal einen neuen Anfang machen will. Doch bald erfährt er das wohlgehütete Geheimnis: Das Bewusstsein der Rekruten wird in jüngere Klone ihrer selbst übertragen, die als unerschöpfliches Kanonenfutter in den Kampf geschickt werden ... Für alle Fans von Robert A. Heinlein, Adrian Tchaikovsky; Becky Chambers und James SA Corey . »John Scalzi ist der unterhaltsamste und zugänglichste SF-Autor unserer Zeit.« Joe Hill

The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an epic space opera adventure from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems—and billions of people—are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction . . . and yet, even as the evidence is obvious and insurmountable, many still try to rationalize, delay and profit from, these final days of one of the greatest empires humanity has ever known. Emperox Grayland II has finally wrested control of her empire from those who oppose her and who deny the reality of this collapse. But “control” is a slippery thing, and even as Grayland strives to save as many of her people form impoverished isolation, the forces opposing her rule will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne and power, by any means necessary. Grayland and her thinning list of allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves, and all of humanity. And yet it may not be enough. Will Grayland become the savior of her civilization . . . or the last emperox to wear the crown? The Interdependency Series 1. The Collapsing Empire 2. The Consuming Fire 3. The Last Emperox At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Can they escape the end of an empire? Entire star systems, and billions of people, are about to be stranded. The pathways that link the stars are collapsing faster than anyone expected, accelerating the fall of civilization. But though the evidence is insurmountable, many are in denial. And some even attempt to profit from the final days of this golden age. Emperox Grayland II has wrested control of the empire from her enemies. But even as she works to save her people, others seek power. And they will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne. Grayland and her depleted allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves and humanity – yet it still may not be enough. Will Grayland become the saviour of her civilization . . . or the last emperox to wear the crown? The Last Emperox is the conclusion to John Scalzi''s Interdependency series. ''Provocative and unexpected'' Wall Street Journal on The Consuming Fire ''Rousing storytelling and satisfying intrigue'' SFX on The Collapsing Empire

Explorando um dos universos mais ricos já criados na ficção científica, este kit apresenta os três primeiros volumes da premiada saga Guerra do Velho, clássico contemporâneo escrito por John Scalzi: Guerra do Velho, As Brigadas Fantasma e A Última Colônia. Guerra do Velho: A história se passa em um futuro próximo, no qual os humanos são capazes de realizar viagens interestelares. O universo, entretanto, não é um ambiente amigável, pois diversas formas de vida disputam por meio das guerras os poucos planetas habitáveis. O peso de proteger a humanidade concentra-se nas mãos das Forças Coloniais de Defesa (FCD). Os membros desse exército são os únicos que conhecem o que acontece no espaço. Porém, é preciso ter pelo menos 75 anos para se alistar. E é exatamente isso que o viúvo John Perry, protagonista do romance, faz. As Brigadas Fantasma: Na continuação da premiada saga de John Scalzi, a tenente Jane Sagan descobre uma armadilha sendo tramada contra a humanidade e um plano para a subjugação e a erradicação de sua espécie inteira. É um genocídio planejado detalhadamente com base na cooperação, até então inédita, entre três raças – e um ser humano. Para lidar com essa trama, as Brigadas Fantasma, com soldados que já nascem com o propósito de proteger a raça humana, precisam entrar em ação. Passando por conflitos de identidade, mas com um forte senso de companheirismo, esses soldados serão liderados por Jane Sagan, que precisa impedir uma guerra entre espécies enquanto lida com um fato preocupante: em meio a suas fileiras, pode haver um traidor. A Última Colônia: No terceiro volume da saga, a raça humana tenta expandir seus territórios, mas se depara com um problema: os planetas habitáveis são poucos e a competição por eles é enorme. Após anos sem expandir suas fronteiras, a União Colonial toma a controversa decisão de iniciar uma nova colônia, e a tarefa de administrá-la é entregue a dois condecorados heróis de guerra: John Perry e Jane Sagan. Inicialmente, o maior desafio é conciliar os interesses de grupos com origens diversas. Entretanto, logo os heróis se veem isolados em um planeta que não é o que parece e descobrem que são apenas peças no tabuleiro de uma disputa que envolve o destino de toda a humanidade.

A raça humana tenta expandir seus territórios, mas se depara com um problema: os planetas habitáveis são poucos e a competição por eles é enorme. Após anos sem expandir suas fronteiras, a União Colonial toma a controversa decisão de iniciar uma nova colônia, e a tarefa de administrá-la é entregue a dois condecorados heróis de guerra: John Perry e Jane Sagan. Inicialmente, o maior desafio é conciliar os interesses de grupos com origens diversas. Entretanto, logo os heróis se veem isolados em um planeta que não é o que parece e descobrem que são apenas peças no tabuleiro de uma disputa que envolve o destino de toda a humanidade. Na série Guerra do Velho, best-seller do New York Times, o premiado autor John Scalzi traz ao leitor uma história épica de conquista galáctica e exploração interplanetária, com personagens cativantes, intrigas políticas bem construídas e sem nunca perder o bom humor.

L’Interdipendenza, l’impero interstellare dell’umanità, è sull’orlo del collasso. Le correnti del Flusso, i condotti spaziotemporali che rendono possibile il viaggio tra le stelle, stanno scomparendo, lasciando intrappolati interi sistemi stellari. Se, in assenza di estreme misure risolutive, sparirà, la civiltà umana perirà con esso. L’imperatrice Grayland II, leader dell’Interdipendenza, è pronta a adottare le misure necessarie per garantire la sopravvivenza di miliardi di persone. Ma molti credono che il collasso del Flusso sia un mito o addirittura un’opportunità che potrebbe consentire loro di ascendere al potere. Mentre Grayland si prepara al disastro, altri si stanno organizzando in vista di una guerra civile che si svolgerà non solo tra astronavi e su campi di battaglia, ma anche nelle sale del potere, nei mercati degli affari e nei templi del culto. L’imperatrice e i suoi alleati sono scaltri e intraprendenti, ma lo sono anche i loro nemici, e niente in questa violenta lotta per il potere e la sopravvivenza sarà semplice o lineare...