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Zoe's Tale
by John Scalzi
Zoe’s Tale is a companion book to John Scalzi’s great series that ended with The Last Colony. That story followed the two leaders of a new colony trying to hide themselves from aliens while they establshed a new planet. This book tells the same story from their daughter Zoe’s point of view. It’s also labeled as juvenile literature (though it’s better written then most juvenile literature I’ve read). So while they’re trying to figure out why ther government abandoned them, she’s trying to navigate a new boyfriend and new best friend.
This is all wrapped up in her two alien bodyguards trying to protect her from werewolves, her becoming a diplomat to the General that want’s to destroy the colony, and establishing contact with a race that won’t talk to anyone, so the story never gets boring.
The book is full of humorous moments, and great characters. Scalzi makes it look like a simple thing to create characters that you start caring about almost immediately. There are great action equences sprinkled throughout the book, and I enjoyed reading about some of the scenes in Last Colony from a different point of view. He also gives the full back story on the deus ex machina that was used in Last Colony in a way that makes it a much less simple save.
If I had read Last Colony yesterday I imagine this might have seemed like a total rehash of the events, but after a few months it was fresh enough (especially with the additional scenes from Zoe’s perspective) that I found it exciting and funny all over again.
This is all wrapped up in her two alien bodyguards trying to protect her from werewolves, her becoming a diplomat to the General that want’s to destroy the colony, and establishing contact with a race that won’t talk to anyone, so the story never gets boring.
The book is full of humorous moments, and great characters. Scalzi makes it look like a simple thing to create characters that you start caring about almost immediately. There are great action equences sprinkled throughout the book, and I enjoyed reading about some of the scenes in Last Colony from a different point of view. He also gives the full back story on the deus ex machina that was used in Last Colony in a way that makes it a much less simple save.
If I had read Last Colony yesterday I imagine this might have seemed like a total rehash of the events, but after a few months it was fresh enough (especially with the additional scenes from Zoe’s perspective) that I found it exciting and funny all over again.