The novel “The End of All Things” by John Scalzi was published for the first time in 2015 putting together some novellas published previously. It’s part of the “Old Man’s War” series and follows “The Human Division”.

Rafe Daquin has just found an assignment as a pilot on a merchant starship, but during the first journey it’s boarded by the Rraey, who work with the Colonial Union Deputy Secretary of State Tyson Ocampo, who is officially on board for a vacation. The other crew members are killed while Rafe’s brain gets extracted from his body and connected to equipment that allows him to communicate with the outside world.

Convinced to collaborate with the promise of a new body, Rafe Daquin is trained to control the starship with his mind. Thanks to his experience as a computer engineer, he manages to penetrate and take control of the on-board systems, but before trying to free himself from his captors he must look for information on what’s happening to him and to the Colonial Union.