The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi

Gretchen Trujillo is now a mid-level bureaucrat ten years after a hard won peace has been gingerly accepted across the universe. Different species have been trying to work together to maintain the peace, but the Consu have made a decision about Earth which threatens everything.

I don't think I've tried to disguise that John Scalzi is one of my favourite authors and he knocks it out of the park again. The seventh book in the Old Man's War series, you really should read the first six, but you could read this one as a standalone, there's enough exposition dropped that things should make sense.

One of the things I love about Scalzi's writing is that he evokes the best of the Golden Age (Heinlein, Asimov, etc) without the baggage from that era. The Shattering Peace is a space romp and you should go read it right now!

Recommended for all!

I received an ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.