The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 11 books · 2005 to 2020

John Scalzi

Crime and mysteryScience fictionPolice proceduralSpace operaMilitary science fictionCyberpunkComic science fiction

John Scalzi writes funny, readable science fiction. In Old Man's War, seventy-five-year-old John Perry joins the Colonial Defense Forces, which gives him a young body and sends him off to fight alien species across the stars.

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John Scalzi books in order

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Old Man's War

6 books · Set in spaceMilitary science fictionSpace opera
  1. 1Old Man's War2005With John PerryBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Ghost Brigades2006With Jane Sagan and Jared DiracBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Last Colony2007With John PerryBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Zoe's Tale2008With Zoë Boutin-PerryBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Human Division2013With Harry WilsonBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The End of All Things2015Buy on Amazon

Interdependency

3 books · Set in spaceSpace operaComic science fiction
  1. 1The Collapsing Empire2017With Cardenia Wu-Patrick and Marce ClaremontBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Consuming Fire2018With Cardenia Wu-Patrick and Marce ClaremontBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Last Emperox2020With Cardenia Wu-Patrick and Marce ClaremontBuy on Amazon

Lock In

2 books · Set in Washington, D.C.Police proceduralCyberpunk
  1. 1Lock In2014With Chris ShaneBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Head On2018With Chris ShaneBuy on Amazon

Characters

11 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Colonial Union

The Interdependency

Lock In