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On his seventy-fifth birthday, a man joins the army that fights humanity’s wars in space
2005Fast paceLight
What it is about
John Perry is seventy-five when he signs up for the Colonial Defense Forces. Nobody knows what the army does to recruits, only that they are given new, younger bodies. Perry soon finds himself in a hostile universe full of alien species.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like space adventure with humor.
What you will get
A very readable first novel and the start of a series.
Old Man's War Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Science Fiction · Military SF · Aging · Aliens
Length
320 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
John Perry and the members of his unit.
Setting
Space, colony worlds and battlefields.
What makes it different
A military SF novel with a funny, grown-up narrator.
Feel
Quick, witty and action-packed.
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