
Harry Wilson, CDF technician and Earth native, who finds himself wherever the action is, whether that’s in space disarming a missile trap set for the Utche, an alien species with whom the Colonial Union is negotiating, or caring for an ambassador’s dog whose survival figures into an alien civil war. Scalzi rockets characters through assorted space adventures, with repeated appearances by Lt.

Earth’s billions had provided Colonial Defense Forces troopers and outpost settlers, which allowed the Colonial Union to cope with the machinations of the Conclave, an alliance of alien (nonhuman) species. Blame John Perry and Jane Sagan, Roanoke Colony leaders. The Colonial Union keeps peace among the universe’s humans, albeit one fractured after Earth’s withdrawal.

Scalzi ( Redshirts, 2012, etc.) offers his fifth in the Old Man’s War series.
