The Human Division
By John Scalzi
- Release Date: 2013-05-14
- Genre: Science Fiction
Description
Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race.
The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. Now the CU's secrets are known to all. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance—an alliance against the Colonial Union. And they've invited the people of Earth to join them. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy.
Against such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won't be easy, either. It will take diplomatic finesse, political cunning…and a brilliant "B Team," centered on the resourceful Lieutenant Harry Wilson, that can be deployed to deal with the unpredictable and unexpected things the universe throws at you when you're struggling to preserve the unity of the human race.
Being published online from January to April 2013 as a three-month digital serial, The Human Division will appear as a full-length novel of the Old Man's War universe, plus—for the first time in print—the first tale of Lieutenant Harry Wilson, and a coda that wasn't part of the digital serialization.
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 (forthcoming)
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Reviews
Always a good read
5By DarsidiousStill hits the mark. Can’t wait for more in this series. Great read. Well done.A book without an ending
3By Emil2First off, I love the series, the characters, and the author's style of writing. While I knew this book was written in pieces, I assumed they tied together, furthered the plot line, and came to at least some kind of conclusion. I was wrong. The book just stops after a series of, admittedly good, adventures without any kind of wrap-up. I felt like I was reading a book of which someone ripped out the last chapters, leaving me with nothing but questions.Human Division
5By Eeyore,WAAs a "novel" it is a bit scattered,but there is cohesiveness maintained by some characters common to several threads of the overarching whole. As is to be expected in a story meant to be released as stand-alone episodes. Excellent dialogue and thought-streams bring the major players to life and their actions become more believable. It is a cracking good read! The discrete chapters made it a bit easier to put down so I could sleep, which was appreciated by my co-workers. More, please. This is an awesome universe-construct and there are plenty of stories yet to be told, I'm just sure! Coming at it "cold" might be difficult. Reading "Old Man's War", at least would be helpful, or, better yet the whole series. Again I say "More, please".John Scalzi's The Human Division
4By tangent310John Scalzi proves once again to be a master of dialogue. With a stong thread of humor that lasts throughout his novels, he elegantly engages new idea, develops endearing characters and tells delightfully fun and exciting stories.Human division
3By Your killin meWhen one writes a book, one has to finish it. Not just stop writing.Hoodwinked!
3By BulldogronI bought each of the chapters as published and was under the impression that the book would tie things together and give some context...now I feel "had." Spent the money for chapters and book both. Won't do that again Mr. Scalzi...bad taste in my mouth.
