New Releases by John Scalzi

La Lune, du jour au lendemain, est métamorphosée : là où basalte et anorthosite régnaient en maître, les observations attentives sont unanimes : notre satellite s’est transformé en fromage.Qu’importent les raisons – bien que rabat-joie et autres fâcheux s’interrogent –, ...

After a decade, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man''s War series with the long awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace THE PEACE IS SHATTERING For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity. But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war. This war is between Consu factions... but nothing the Consu ever do is just about them. The Colonial Union, the Earth and the Conclave have been unwillingly dragged into the conflict, in the most surprising of ways. Gretchen Trujillo is a mid-level diplomat, working in an unimportant part of the Colonial Union bureaucracy. But when she is called to take part in a secret mission involving representatives from every powerful faction in space, what she finds there has the chance to redefine the destinies of humans and aliens alike... or destroy them forever. OTHER TOR BOOKS BY JOHN SCALZI Agent to the Stars The Android’s Dream Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998–2008 The Kaiju Preservation Society Starter Villain When the Moon Hits Your Eye Monsters of Ohio THE OLD MAN’S WAR NOVELS Old Man’s War The Ghost Brigades The Last Colony Zoë’s Tale The Human Division The End of All Things THE LOCK IN SERIES Lock In Head On Unlocked THE INTERDEPENDENCY SEQUENCE The Collapsing Empire The Consuming Fire The Last Emperox EDITED BY JOHN SCALZI Metatropolis At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it. For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible. Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and terminal patients at the end of their lives -- over the length of an entire lunar cycle, each get their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to pray, to laugh and to grieve. All in a kaleidoscopic novel that goes all the places you’d expect, and then to so many places you wouldn’t. It’s a wild moonage daydream. Ride this rocket. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The September/October 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Natalia Theodoridou, Eddie Robson, Angela Liu, Tananarive Due, M.M. Olivas, Jo Miles, and Marissa Lingen. Essays by Sophie Aldred, Yamile Saied Méndez, John Scalzi, and LaShawn M. Wanak, poetry by Prosper C. Ìféányí, Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Angel Leal, and Mikal Wix, interviews with Angela Liu and M.M. Olivas by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by John Picacio, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Betsy Aoki, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

The July/August 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Sarah Pinsker, Greg van Eekhout, Sunwoo Jeong, John Chu, AnaMaria Curtis, Eleanna Castroianni, and Megan Chee. Essays by John Scalzi, Marissa Lingen, Del Sandeen, and Natania Barron, poetry by Terese Mason Pierre, Natasha King, Roshani Chokshi, and Abdulkareem Abdulkareem, interviews with Greg van Eekhout and AnaMaria Curtis by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Broci, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

The May/June 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Sarah Rees Brennan, Tia Tashiro, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Rati Mehotra, K.S. Walker, and John Wiswell. Essays by John Scalzi, Amy Berg, Dawn Xiana Moon, and Cara Liebowitz, poetry by Angela Liu, Ali Trotta, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, and Fran Wilde, interviews with Arkady Martine and K.S. Walker by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Zara Alfonso, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

Now a New York Times bestseller! Inheriting your uncle''s supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who''s running the place. Charlie''s life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn''t all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they''re coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital. It''s up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyper-intelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good. In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

É hora de usar a diplomacia: os humanos da Terra já não aceitam ficar tecnológica e militarmente atrasados em troca da proteção da União Colonial. E o Conclave, entidade que reúne mais de quatrocentas raças alienígenas, mal pode esperar para conquistar mais um aliado. Nessa atmosfera de desconfiança, Harry Wilson, agora consultor em uma equipe diplomática da UC, passa por missões que vão do impossível ao absurdo. A criatividade de sua equipe para resolver problemas pode até trazer reconhecimento, mas também chamam uma atenção indesejada. Resgatando um dos personagens mais queridos de Guerra do Velho, A humanidade dividida aprofunda o universo da série em treze episódios que podem ser lidos de maneira independente, sem jamais perder o humor característico de John Scalzi.

Quando il covid-19 si abbatte su New York, Jamie Gray lavora come rider. Almeno finché non effettua una consegna a una vecchia conoscenza, Tom, che lavora in quella che lui definisce “un’organizzazione per i diritti degli animali”. La squadra di Tom ha bisogno di una recluta dell’ultimo minuto e Jamie, desideroso di fare qualsiasi cosa, accetta senza pensarci due volte. Quello che Tom però non gli dice è che gli animali di cui si occupa si trovano in un universo parallelo. Lì, massicce creature simili a dinosauri chiamate kaiju vagano su una Terra dal clima tropicale e priva di esseri umani. Sono i mostri più grandi e pericolosi del mondo, e sono nei guai. Oltre all’organizzazione di Tom, infatti, anche altri hanno scoperto la strada verso quella dimensione, e la loro negligenza e avidità potrebbero avere conseguenze catastrofiche.

The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi''s first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn''t tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm, human-free world. They''re the universe''s largest and most dangerous panda and they''re in trouble. It''s not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who have found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi''s first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. Download a FREE sneak peek today! When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn''t tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They''re the universe''s largest and most dangerous panda and they''re in trouble. It''s not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who''s found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Il collasso del Flusso, il percorso interstellare tra i pianeti dell''Interdipendenza, è accelerato. Interi sistemi stellari - e miliardi di persone - stanno per essere tagliati fuori dal resto della civiltà umana. Questo crollo è stato predetto da una previsione scientifica. . . eppure, anche se l''evidenza è ovvia e insormontabile, molti cercano ancora di razionalizzare, ritardare e trarre profitto da questi ultimi giorni di uno dei più grandi imperi che l''umanità abbia mai conosciuto. L’imperatrice Grayland II ha finalmente strappato il controllo del suo impero a coloro che le si oppongono e negano la realtà di questo crollo. Ma il "controllo" è una cosa sfuggente, e anche se Grayland si sforza di salvare il maggior numero dei suoi abitanti da un isolamento impoverito, le forze che si oppongono al suo governo daranno un’ultima spinta disperata per farla cadere dal trono e perdere potere, con ogni mezzo necessario. Grayland e il suo elenco sempre più sottile di alleati, devono utilizzare ogni strumento a loro disposizione per salvare se stessi e l''intera umanità. Eppure, tutto ciò, potrebbe non essere sufficiente. Grayland diventerà la salvatrice della sua civiltà. . . o l''ultima imperatrice a indossare la corona?

The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an epic space opera adventure from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems—and billions of people—are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction . . . and yet, even as the evidence is obvious and insurmountable, many still try to rationalize, delay and profit from, these final days of one of the greatest empires humanity has ever known. Emperox Grayland II has finally wrested control of her empire from those who oppose her and who deny the reality of this collapse. But “control” is a slippery thing, and even as Grayland strives to save as many of her people form impoverished isolation, the forces opposing her rule will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne and power, by any means necessary. Grayland and her thinning list of allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves, and all of humanity. And yet it may not be enough. Will Grayland become the savior of her civilization . . . or the last emperox to wear the crown? OTHER TOR BOOKS BY JOHN SCALZI Agent to the Stars The Android’s Dream Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998–2008 The Kaiju Preservation Society Starter Villain When the Moon Hits Your Eye Monsters of Ohio THE OLD MAN’S WAR NOVELS Old Man’s War The Ghost Brigades The Last Colony Zoë’s Tale The Human Division The End of All Things The Shattering Peace THE LOCK IN SERIES Lock In Head On Unlocked THE INTERDEPENDENCY SEQUENCE The Collapsing Empire The Consuming Fire EDITED BY JOHN SCALZI Metatropolis At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Can they escape the end of an empire? Entire star systems, and billions of people, are about to be stranded. The pathways that link the stars are collapsing faster than anyone expected, accelerating the fall of civilization. But though the evidence is insurmountable, many are in denial. And some even attempt to profit from the final days of this golden age. Emperox Grayland II has wrested control of the empire from her enemies. But even as she works to save her people, others seek power. And they will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne. Grayland and her depleted allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves and humanity – yet it still may not be enough. Will Grayland become the saviour of her civilization . . . or the last emperox to wear the crown? The Last Emperox is the conclusion to John Scalzi''s Interdependency series. ''Provocative and unexpected'' Wall Street Journal on The Consuming Fire ''Rousing storytelling and satisfying intrigue'' SFX on The Collapsing Empire

This discounted ebundle of the Lock In Series: includes: Lock In, Head On, Unlocked "This is the kind of thriller that Michael Crichton, Lincoln Child, and James Rollins do so well. Add John Scalzi to that list." --Douglas Preston A blazingly inventive near-future thriller series from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi. Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent -- and nearly five million souls in the United States alone -- the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

New York Times Best Seller USA Today Best Seller io9''s New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall Kirkus'' SF/F Books to Watch Out for in 2018 Popular Mechanics Best Books of 2018 (So Far) Goodreads'' Most Anticipated Fantasy and Science Fiction Books The Consuming Fire—the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to the 2018 Hugo Award Best Novel finalist and 2018 Locus Award-winning The Collapsing Empire—an epic space-opera novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from the Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi The Interdependency—humanity’s interstellar empire—is on the verge of collapse. The extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible is disappearing, leaving entire systems and human civilizations stranded. Emperox Grayland II of the Interdependency is ready to take desperate measures to help ensure the survival of billions. But arrayed before her are those who believe the collapse of the Flow is a myth—or at the very least an opportunity to an ascension to power. While Grayland prepares for disaster, others are prepare for a civil war. A war that will take place in the halls of power, the markets of business and the altars of worship as much as it will between spaceships and battlefields. The Emperox and her allies are smart and resourceful, as are her enemies. Nothing about this will be easy... and all of humanity will be caught in its consuming fire. OTHER TOR BOOKS BY JOHN SCALZI Agent to the Stars The Android’s Dream Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998–2008 The Kaiju Preservation Society Starter Villain When the Moon Hits Your Eye Monsters of Ohio THE OLD MAN’S WAR NOVELS Old Man’s War The Ghost Brigades The Last Colony Zoë’s Tale The Human Division The End of All Things The Shattering Peace THE LOCK IN SERIES Lock In Head On Unlocked THE INTERDEPENDENCY SEQUENCE The Collapsing Empire The Last Emperox EDITED BY JOHN SCALZI Metatropolis At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Le leggi della fisica che governano il mondo sono destinate a essere riscritte. Una scoperta sensazionale – il Flusso – ha cambiato per sempre la concezione spazio-temporale dell’universo, aprendo al progresso scenari inimmaginabili. Assecondando il Flusso, gli esseri umani sono ora in grado di raggiungere pianeti e stelle lontani anni luce, creare reti tra mondi remoti ma interdipendenti, costruire un impero interstellare in cui il pianeta Terra rappresenta ormai solo un insignificante avamposto. Il Flusso è come un fiume: scorre placido, eterno, ma non è statico, cambia il suo corso e abbandona il suo letto originario. A ogni sua mutazione intere fette di universo vengono però isolate, abbandonate a loro stesse in una deriva cosmica catastrofica per interi sistemi stellari. Quella che doveva essere la via verso la nuova èra intergalattica si rivela dunque la più pericolosa delle minacce per la sopravvivenza stessa del genere umano. Una rivoluzionaria space-opera ambientata in un universo sfuggente, fino ad oggi inconcepibile, dal genio di uno dei più grandi talenti della fantascienza contemporanea.

The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Redshirts and Old Man''s War.

"The ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity. Spanning the years from 1991 to 2016, this collection is a quarter century of Scalzi at his briefest and best, and features four never-before-printed stories, exclusive to this collection."--

Hugo-award winning author, John Scalzi returns to his best-selling Old Man''s War universe with The End of All Things, the direct sequel to 2013''s The Human Division Humans expanded into space...only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. The Colonial Union used the Earth and its excess population for colonists and soldiers. It was a good arrangement...for the Colonial Union. Then the Earth said: no more. Now the Colonial Union is living on borrowed time-a couple of decades at most, before the ranks of the Colonial Defense Forces are depleted and the struggling human colonies are vulnerable to the alien species who have been waiting for the first sign of weakness, to drive humanity to ruin. And there''s another problem: A group, lurking in the darkness of space, playing human and alien against each other-and against their own kind -for their own unknown reasons. In this collapsing universe, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson and the Colonial Union diplomats he works with race against the clock to discover who is behind attacks on the Union and on alien races, to seek peace with a suspicious, angry Earth, and keep humanity''s union intact...or else risk oblivion, and extinction-and the end of all things. Old Man''s War Series #1 Old Man’s War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe’s Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: “After the Coup” Other Tor Books The Android’s Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Lock In The Collapsing Empire At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Back on Earth, the beginning and end of all things. The nations of humanity''s home planet have parted ways with the starfaring Colonial Union, the human interstellar empire originally established to keep the home planet free. The Union needs to regain Earth''s trust. The alien races of the Conclave have their own hard choices to face. All of these threads culminate in this, Part Four of the four parts of The End of All Things, John Scalzi''s conclusion to the Old Man''s War tale that began with The Human Division. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Part Three of the four parts of The End of All Things, John Scalzi''s conclusion to the bestselling Old Man''s War tale that began with The Human Division. They signed up to defend humans from hostile aliens, but this group of Colonial Union soldiers finds themselves, instead, repeatedly sent to squelch rebellious human colonies that want to leave the CU. It''s not a sustainable situation. Something has to give. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Part Two of the four parts of The End of All Things, John Scalzi''s conclusion to the bestselling Old Man''s War tale that began with The Human Division. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And for the multi-species Conclave, desperate times have arrived. Faced with the prospect of major planets and species leaving the alliance, the Conclave''s leadership has just a few cards left to play...to unpredictable effect. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

"Nella grande ammiraglia dell''Unione Universale, l''Intrepid, le uniformi hanno il colore della gloria." Non credeteci. Hanno il colore dell''opportunismo, e chi comanda non porterà mai una casacca rossa. Chi comanda è al sicuro sui ponti più alti, mentre chi va incontro al nemico - quando è il momento di affrontare l''ignoto, di rischiare la vita - sono sempre i sacrificabili. Quelli col petto rosso di coraggio, come dicono i bandi d''arruolamento, quelli col petto rosso di sangue. Andrew Dahl scoprirà tutto questo a bordo dell''Intrepid, dove lo hanno assegnato al prestigioso laboratorio di Xenobiologia. Perché nella missione c''è qualcosa di profondamente sbagliato, qualcosa che sa di inumano... più ancora dell''anatomia dei corpi alieni.

New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi takes readers on an epic romp of galactic conquest and exploration in the Old Man''s War series. This box set includes: Old Man''s War, The Ghost Brigades, and The Last Colony Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity''s resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force, which shields the home planet from too much knowledge of the situation. What''s known to everybody is that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don''t want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. Old Man''s War John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife''s grave. Then he joined the army, with only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight is far more difficult than he can imagine--and what he will become is far stranger. The Ghost Brigades At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as another man''s memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reasons for their betrayal. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity''s mere military defeat. The Last Colony Retired from his fighting days, John Perry and his wife, Jane, are pulled back into the political arena, and into the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war. Old Man''s War Series #1 Old Man''s War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe''s Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: "After the Coup"

Années 2460. Lenseigne Andrew Dahl vient dêtre affecté à bord de lIntrépide, le prestigieux vaisseau amiral de lUnion universelle. Génial ! Pas tout à fait. Les jeunes recrues de léquipage ne tardent pas à sen apercevoir, les sans-grade comme eux ont une fâcheuse propension à trouver une mort spectaculaire au cours des missions dexploration alors que leurs supérieurs – le commandant, le premier officier scientifique et lhéroïque lieutenant Kerensky – sen tirent toujours à bon compte. Il faut bien ladmettre : les « redshirts » sont éminemment périssables. Compris. Sils tiennent à survivre en dépit de la couleur de leur tenue, Andrew et ses compagnons sont condamnés à résoudre le mystère et à trouver une parade. "Une farce éblouissante à se tordre de rire. Croyez-men, jai réglé leur compte moi aussi à un certain nombre de Redshirts." Melinda Snodgrass, scénariste en chef de Star Trek : The Next Generation.

Nueva edición de esta emblemática novela, ganadora del Premio Hugo 2013. El alférez Andrew Dahl acaba de ser destinado al Intrepid, buque insignia de la Unión Universal desde 2456. Es un destino de prestigio, y Andrew está más emocionado si cabe por el hecho de que lo hayan asignado al laboratorio de xenobiología de a bordo, lo que le dará la oportunidad de servir en misiones de desembarco junto a los famosos oficiales de la nave. Sus perspectivas no podrían ser mejores... hasta que Andrew empieza a comprender que cada misión de desembarco implica algún tipo de enfrentamiento letal con fuerzas alienígenas, el capitán de la nave, su oficial científico jefe y el atractivo teniente Kerensky siempre sobreviven a estos enfrentamientos, y lamentablemente, al menos uno de los tripulantes de bajo rango siempre, siempre, muere. Por tanto no sorprende que los tripulantes de las cubiertas inferiores eviten como la peste las misiones de desembarco. Y cuando Andrew tropieza con una información que transforma completamente tanto su propia visión como la de sus compañeros de lo que realmente es el Intrepid, surgirá la arriesgada oportunidad de salvar sus propias vidas. Gracias a su característico sentido del humor, John Scalzi es un referente de la ciencia ficción a nivel mundial, uno de los estandartes contemporáneos del catálogo de Minotauro. «Redshirts es tan divertida que puedes mearte encima, tan original que te sentirás como si leyeras a Philip K. Dick, y absurdamente rica en ideas y emociones. John Scalzi se propone impresionar y da en el blanco. Buena lectura y próspera vida.» — JOE HILL, autor de El traje del muerto «Puedo decir con honestidad que no recuerdo otro libro que me haya hecho reír tanto.» —PATRICK ROTHFUSS, autor de El nombre del viento «Divertida a más no poder, una maravillosa comedia. Puedes creerme: he matado a un montón de redshirts.» —MELINDA SNODGRASS, guionista de Star Trek: La nueva generación «Scalzi desmonta el universo de Star Trek y lo monta de nuevo para que resulte más plausible... Y también más hilarante.» LEV GROSSMAN, autor de Los magos"

Eine Episode aus „Die letzte Einheit“, dem neuen „Krieg der Klone“-Roman von John Scalzi Nun haben die Erde und die Koloniale Union doch noch die offiziellen diplomatischen Kontakte wieder aufgenommen. Es ist die Chance, die Kluft zwischen den beiden Fraktionen endlich zu überbrücken. Die Crew von der Clarke und das diplomatische Team von Botschafterin Ode Abumwe und Lieutenant Harry Wilson tun alles, um den Prozess der Wiederannährung voranzubringen. Doch nicht alle sind an einer Aussöhnung zwischen Erde und KU interessiert – und sie tun alles, um die Menschheit endgültig zu entzweien.