The Shattering Peace
{{Short description|2025 novel by John Scalzi}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
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| author = John Scalzi
| cover_artist = John Harris{{cite web|url=https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/01/28/cover-reveal-the-shattering-peace//|title=Whatever ─ Cover Reveal: The Shattering Peace|year=2025|accessdate=2025-05-08|publisher=John Scalzi}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Old Man's War series
| genre = Science fiction
| publisher = Tor Books
| release_date = 2025
| media_type = Digital (E-book, Audiobook)
Print (hardcover)
| pages = 288{{cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765389190/theshatteringpeace/|title=The Shattering Peace ─ Old Man's War (Volume 7)|year=2025|accessdate=2025-05-08|publisher=Macmillan Publishers}}
| isbn = 9780765389190
| preceded_by = The End of All Things
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The Shattering Peace is an upcoming science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the seventh book set in the Old Man's War universe, and takes place ten years after the events of The End of All Things.
Premise
After a decade of peace, a civil war among the Consu threatens the tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union (CU), the Earth, and the alien Conclave. The main character is Gretchen Trujillo, who first appeared in The Last Colony and in Zoe's Tale as a friend of teenage Zoë Boutin Perry and is now is a mid-level diplomat of the CU.
Publication History
The book will be released on September 16, 2025 by Tor Books,{{cite web|url=https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-shattering-peace/?isbn=9780765389190&format=hardback/|title=Old Man's War: The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi|year=2025|accessdate=2025-05-11|publisher=Tor Books}} including an audiobook by Audible.{{cite web|url=https://audible.com/pd/The-Shattering-Peace-Audiobook/B0DT7HY6R7|title=The Shattering Peace (Audiobook)|year=2025|accessdate=2025-05-11|publisher=Audible Studios}} In contrast to the two previous volumes of the Old Man's War series, the novel was not published serialised as an E-book before.
References
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External links
- [https://whatever.scalzi.com/?s=The+Shattering+Peace John Scalzi's Blog on The Shattering Peace]
- [https://www.alisoneldred.com/john-harris/ Official website of John Harris: landscape, science fiction and marine artist]
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Category:2025 science fiction novels
Category:American science fiction novels
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