The novel “The Last Colony” by John Scalzi was published for the first time in 2008. It’s part of the “Old Man’s War” series.

John Perry and Jane Sagan live on the colony of Huckleberry together with their adopted daughter Zoë. Their lives seem quiet after the years spent fighting in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The situation changes when they are offered to lead a new colony on the planet Roanoke, an important project for the Colonial Union.

John and Jane accept and the two of them are sent to the planet to colonize along with Zoë and the two Obin who always accompany her as her protectors. However, the aliens seem to have information on the new colony that cast a shadow on the project. The situation becomes more complicated when the starship reaches its destination and its captain realizes that that’s not the right planet despite the fact that the course was correct.