Search - Old Man's War (Old Man's War, Bk 1)

Sci-Fi/Military is not my genre, but it is a favorite of others in my home. I read this because they insisted I would love it, and they were right. This book is really different, very fast paced (no wasted words here) and it is hilarious in places! A thrilling space adventure with a very human perspective. The main character has a sharp, quick wit-I loved all the characters in this book. A fairly quick, extremely entertaining read. Great fun! I will definitely be reading the next in this series.

The new era of Science Fiction has arrived. The universe is a hostile place and real estate is valuable enough to go to war over. You can't join the human interstellar army until you're 75 and you can never go home again. You most likely won't live long enough to muster out and claim your forty acres on a colonized world, but if you do, there's no guarantee that the aliens won't wipe you out to claim your planet and its resources. That's the backdrop for this story that raised the question of what it means to be a person.

Scalzi's debut book is impressive. I'll watch for more from this author.