The Shattering Peace

Old Man's War, Book 7

After a decade, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace

THE PEACE IS SHATTERING

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity.

But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war. This war is between Consu factions... but nothing the Consu ever do is just about them. The Colonial Union, the Earth and the Conclave have been unwillingly dragged into the conflict, in the most surprising of ways.

Gretchen Trujillo is a mid-level diplomat, working in an unimportant part of the Colonial Union bureaucracy. But when she is called to take part in a secret mission involving representatives from every powerful faction in space, what she finds there has the chance to redefine the destinies of humans and aliens alike... or destroy them forever.

©2025 John Scalzi (P)2025 Audible, Inc.

If this is the end…

… then color me disappointed. Scalzi’s writing is very good, but the story he wrote was unsatisfying.

I hope we get another installment about the Perry family and their latest addition. If not, then I may let a Scalzi book go unread.

Great narrator, awesome story

This story train is just as good as the old books. The fun surprise was the quality of the narrator. Great read

Story good, delivery bad.

Great story, narrator was trying much too hard. Overly obnoxious character voices made this unpleasant to listen to.

Great update

I enjoyed the style. Scalzi is always at his best in having realistic and sarcastic dialogue between friends and foes.

Disappointing

Old Mans war has been a favorite series of mine. This wasn’t a bad book but an underwhelming entry into a great series. Made worse by a subpar narrator.