John Scalzi With his wife dead and buried, and life nearly over at 75, John Perry takes the only logical course of action left him: he joins the army. Now better known as the Colonial Defense Force (CDF), Perry's service-of-choice has extended its reach into interstellar space to pave the way for human colonization of other planets while fending off marauding aliens. image/jpeg OldMansWar_1stEd_.jpg 14679 2008-03-09T00:54:35Z 17 2007-10-20 8 320 4 This is one of those books that you can stay up until 3AM to finish. I really enjoyed his descriptions of battles and the underlying concepts were also unique and interesting. If you like SciFi, this is a must read. 2007-10-03 finished http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mans-War-John-Scalzi/dp/0765315246