On sale today: John Scalzi's The End of All Things

On sale today in hardcover and ebook in North America, and on August 13 in trade paperback and ebook in the UK.

Excerpts here. Author post about it here. Video interview with the author here. Author tour schedule here.

From the author's post about it, linked above:

"This book is a direct followup toThe Human Divisionand continues the scenarios, events and characters found there. It also wraps up the larger story arc begun inThe Human Division(i.e., you will find out who is behind all the cliff-hangery stuff and why), so those of you worried that there will be some things left unresolved and to be dealt with in a third book: Relax. It all gets settled. [...]

"I will be stingy on the details except to say that two [of the novel's sections] are from the point of view of major characters inThe Human Division, one from a previously minor character, and one introduces a brand new character who I think is very interesting indeed. [...] And yes, the actual end of all things is a very real concern in this novel."

Some reviews:

"Polished and powerful...The inevitable and parallel downward spirals of the two corrupt space empires, the human Colonial Union and the alien Conclave, are finally coming to a head. All four protagonists work for one of the two entities, and Scalzi shifts among their perspectives to thread a fine needle, recognizing that good people can be entrenched in terrible systems and sometimes can't (or won't) change them."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"It's classic crowd-pleasing Scalzi, offering thrilling adventure scenes (space battles, daring military actions, parachute jumps through a planet's atmosphere), high-stakes politics, snarky commentary, and food for thought. Delightful, compulsively readable, and even somewhat nutritious brain candy."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[F]ascinating, uncharted territory for military science fiction. The world is a considerably complicated place, and this is a book that recognizes it, and attempts to capture a tiny piece of that complexity. The format of the book, with its four parts and sub-chapters, aids the narrative in this regard, reminding me of the films Syriana or Traffic by telling huge story in tiny brushstrokes....[T]he series has been left in a good place, and I can't wait to see what happens next."
--io9.com