old mans war

“I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

Visiting Kathy's grave was the less dramatic of the two.” 

Author- John Scalzi

Publisher- New York: Tor Books 2005

Annotations- old man's war was Scalzi's first novel earning him a Hugo nomination for best novel  in 2006 and introduced his sardonic wit and humour to the world, old man's war follows John Perry who upon his 75th birthday says goodbye to his deceased wife, joins the colonial defence force and leaves the planet. what follows is a fast-paced, action backed surprisingly funny adventure that sees John and his band of friends through there first tour of duty as earth's premier fighting force and all the physical and mental torment that involves.

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