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

Zoë Boutin-Perry lives on the colony of Huckleberry with her adoptive parents John Perry and Jane Sagan. Their lives seem quiet thinking that, in her childhood, Zoë lost her biological parents and her adoptive parents have spent years fighting in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The situation changes when John Perry and Jane Sagan 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 to protect her from any danger. The aliens, however, seem to have information on the new colony that cast a shadow on the project. The situation becomes more complicated when the starship arrives at its destination and the captain realizes that this is not the right planet despite the fact that the the course was correct.