Science Fiction
What Goodreads Says:
"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."
The Human Division is an extension of the Old Man’s War
universe. Set after John Perry lets Earth know how the Colonial Union had used and kept the planet in the dark,
this is a series of stories about on one group of diplomats working for the
survival of the CU and humans in general.
There are some great characters in The Human Division. Harry Wilson, Hart Schmidt and
Ambassador Abumwe seem to be a mismatched team. Harry is a real smart mouth, Hart just seems to be going
with the flow and Abumwe does not like anyone. The interaction between them leads to a lot of laught out
loud moments. They are the “B”
team who manages to make things work in spite of the odds. Those three are from
the CU. Dani Lowen is from Earth and often finds herself
working with the team.
Even though each story is separate they all come together to
make a whole. You get to know all
of the characters, the history and the politics as the stories progress. There is a cliffhanger ending but don’t
despair. Book two is in the works
and is scheduled for release. The Human Division is a great addition to the
series and I look forward to the next book.
Tor published The Human Division by John Scalzi in 2013.
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