Válka starého muže - Rozkol – Scalzi John (2014)

John Scalzi returns to the world of colonial wars. The Colonial Union has allowed humanity to reach the stars. Thanks to planet Earth, it had an almost unlimited supply of new soldiers fighting for the expansion of human influence in the universe, and colonists settling new worlds. However, Earth has severed this relationship, and humanity is now divided. The Colonial Union stands on the brink of collapse... and humanity as a whole faces possible extinction. The crew of the diplomatic colonial ship Clarke is used to receiving the worst assignments. However, when a top diplomat and her team disappear just before a sensitive mission, it is the second-rate diplomatic team from the Clarke that is called upon to bring the important negotiations to a successful conclusion, or end up as a scapegoat in a potential war conflict that threatens in case of failure. Ambassador Ode Abumwe, Colonial Defense Forces member Harry Wilson, and their entire team accept the challenge, finding themselves in the midst of a political, diplomatic, and military hurricane that threatens not only the diplomatic negotiations with alien races but, above all, the very future of the human race in the universe...