John Scalzi
John Scalzi, having declared his absolute boredom with biographies, disappeared in a puff of glitter and lilac scent. (If you want to contact John, using the mail function here is a really bad way to do it. Go to his site and use the contact information you find there.)
Redshirts
John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.
Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that:
(1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces
(2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations
(3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.
Not surprisingly, a great deal of energy below decks is expended on avoiding, at all costs, being assigned to an Away Mission. Then Andrew stumbles on information that completely transforms his and his colleagues’ understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is…and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
John Scalzi
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-- and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows 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. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.
John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine--and what he will become is far stranger.
The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3)
John Scalzi
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.
That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game--as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. They’re young, they’re fast and strong, and they’re totally without normal human qualms.
The universe is a dangerous place for humanity—and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF’s biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find out why Boutin did what he did.
Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers -- a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, Jared’s brain should be able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given to the Ghost Brigades.
At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as Boutin’s memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reason’s for Boutin’s betrayal. As Jared desperately hunts for his "father," he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity’s mere military defeat…
The Android's Dream
John Scalzi
A human diplomat kills his alien counterpart. Earth is on the verge of war with a vastly superior alien race. A lone man races against time and a host of enemies to find the one object that can save our planet and our people from alien enslavement...A sheep.That's right, a sheep. And if you think that's the most surprising thing about this book, wait until you read Chapter One. Welcome to The Android's Dream.For Harry Creek, it's quickly becoming a nightmare. All he wants is to do his uncomplicated mid-level diplomatic job with Earth's State Department. But his past training and skills get him tapped to save the planet--and to protect pet store owner Robin Baker, whose own past holds the key to the whereabouts of that lost sheep. Doing both will take him from lava-strewn battlefields to alien halls of power. All in a day's work. Maybe it's time for a raise.Throw in two-timing freelance mercenaries, political lobbyists with megalomaniac tendencies, aliens on a religious quest, and an artificial intelligence with unusual backstory, and you've got more than just your usual science fiction adventure story. You've got The Android's Dream.
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
John Scalzi
Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn't care to talk about. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorp's headquarters on planet, 178 light-years from the corporation's headquarters on Earth, Jack is content as an independent contractor, prospecting and surveying at his own pace. As for his past, that's not up for discussion.
Then, in the wake of an accidental cliff collapse, Jack discovers a seam of unimaginably valuable jewels, to which he manages to lay legal claim just as ZaraCorp is cancelling their contract with him for his part in causing the collapse. Briefly in the catbird seat, legally speaking, Jack pressures ZaraCorp into recognizing his claim, and cuts them in as partners to help extract the wealth.
But there's another wrinkle to ZaraCorp's relationship with the planet Zarathustra. Their entire legal right to exploit the verdant Earth-like planet, the basis of the wealth they derive from extracting its resources, is based on being able to certify to the authorities on Earth that Zarathustra is home to no sentient species.
Then a small furry biped—trusting, appealing, and ridiculously cute—shows up at Jack's outback home. Followed by its family. As it dawns on Jack that despite their stature, these are people, he begins to suspect that ZaraCorp's claim to a planet's worth of wealth is very flimsy indeed…and that ZaraCorp may stop at nothing to eliminate the "fuzzys" before their existence becomes more widely known.
The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)
John Scalzi
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.
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
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.
A quarter of a century later, in a world shaped by what's now known as "Haden's syndrome," rookie FBI agent Chris Shane is paired with veteran agent Leslie Vann. The two of them are assigned what appears to be a Haden-related murder at the Watergate Hotel, with a suspect who is an "integrator" - someone who can let the locked in borrow their bodies for a time. If the Integrator was carrying a Haden client, then naming the suspect for the murder becomes that much more complicated.
But "complicated" doesn't begin to describe it. As Shane and Vann began to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery - and the real crime - is bigger than anyone could have imagined. The world of the locked in is changing, and with the change comes opportunities that the ambitious will seize at any cost. The investigation that began as a murder case takes Shane and Vann from the halls of corporate power to the virtual spaces of the locked in, and to the very heart of an emerging, surprising new human culture. It's nothing you could have expected.
The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6)
John Scalzi
Hugo-award winning author, John Scalzi returns to his best-selling Old Man's War universe with 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.
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
John Scalzi
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.
Our universe is ruled by physics and faster than light travel is not possible -- until the discovery of The Flow, an extra-dimensional field we can access at certain points in space-time that transport us to other worlds, around other stars.
Humanity flows away from Earth, into space, and in time forgets our home world and creates a new empire, the Interdependency, whose ethos requires that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It’s a hedge against interstellar war -- and a system of control for the rulers of the empire.
The Flow is eternal -- but it is not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well, cutting off worlds from the rest of humanity. When it’s discovered that The Flow is moving, possibly cutting off all human worlds from faster than light travel forever, three individuals -- a scientist, a starship captain and the Empress of the Interdependency -- are in a race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse.
The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2)
John Scalzi
The Consuming Fire--the second thrilling 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 Flow, the extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible, is disappearing, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it--unless desperate measures can be taken.
Emperox Grayland II, the leader of the Interdependency, is ready to take those measures to help ensure the survival of billions. But nothing is ever that easy. Arrayed before her are those who believe the collapse of the Flow is a myth--or at the very least, an opportunity that can allow them to ascend to power.
While Grayland prepares for disaster, others are preparing 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 take place between spaceships and battlefields. The Emperox and her allies are smart and resourceful, but then so are her enemies. Nothing about this power struggle will be simple or easy... and all of humanity will be caught in its widening gyre.
Head On (Lock In, #2)
John Scalzi
John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi's trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports.
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent’s head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are “threeps,” robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden’s Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it.
Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field.
Is it an accident or murder? FBI Agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth―and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
John Scalzi
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? The Interdependency Series1. The Collapsing Empire2. The Consuming Fire3. The Last EmperoxAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Sagan Diary (Old Man's War #2.5)
John Scalzi
Fans of John Scalzi's "Old Man" universe, prepare yourselves: there's a long new story in that universe, told from the point of view of one of the series' most intriguing characters. Subterranean Press is proud to publish The Sagan Diary, a long novelette that for the first time looks at the worlds of the Hugo-nominated Old Man's War and its sequel The Ghost Brigades from the point of view of Lieutenant Jane Sagan, who in a series of diary entries gives her views on some of the events included in the series... and sheds new light into some previously unexplored corners. If you thought you knew Jane Sagan before, prepare to be surprised.
Agent to the Stars
John Scalzi
The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish. So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal. Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster.
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome
John Scalzi
Narrated by a full cast.
A new near-future science fiction novella by John Scalzi, one of the most popular authors in modern SF. Unlocked traces the medical history behind a virus that will sweep the globe and affect the majority of the world’s population, setting the stage for Lock In, the next major novel by John Scalzi.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
John Scalzi
From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel of cheese.
It's a whole new moooooon.
One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it is replaced with an orb of cheese with the exact same mass. Through the length of an entire lunar cycle, from new moon to a spectacular and possibly final solar eclipse, we follow multiple characters -- schoolkids and scientists, billionaires and workers, preachers and politicians -- as they confront the strange new world they live in, and the absurd, impossible moon that now hangs above all their lives.
Starter Villain
John Scalzi
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, hyperintelligent 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.
The Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi
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 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 that's found its way to the alternate world. Others have, too--and their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded
John Scalzi
On September 13, 1998, John Scalzi sat down in front of his computer to write the first entry in his blog "Whatever" -- and changed the history of the Internet as we know it today.
What, you're not swallowing that one? Okay, He started writing the "Whatever" and amused about 15 people that first day. If that many. But he kept at it, for ten years and running. Now 40,000 people drop by on a daily basis to see what he's got to say.
About what? Well, about Politics, writing, family, war, popular culture and cats (especially with bacon on them). Sometimes he's funny. Sometimes he's serious (mostly he's sarcastic). Sometimes people agree with him. Sometimes they send him hate mail, which he grades on originality and sends back. Along the way, Scalzi's become a best-selling, award-winning author, a father, and a geek celebrity. But no matter what, there's always another Whatever to amuse and/or enrage his readers.
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded collects some of the best and most popular Whatever entries over the history of the blog, from some of the very first entries right up into 2008. It's a decade of Whatever, presented in delightfully random form -- just the way it should be.
The Dispatcher (The Dispatcher, #1)
John Scalzi
Listening Length: 2 hours and 18 minutes
One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone - 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don't know. But it changes everything: war, crime, daily life.
Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher - a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those whose circumstances put them in death's crosshairs, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. But when a fellow Dispatcher and former friend is apparently kidnapped, Tony learns that there are some things that are worse than death and that some people are ready to do almost anything to avenge a supposed wrong.
It's a race against time for Valdez to find his friend before it's too late...before not even a Dispatcher can save him.
Zachary Quinto - best known for his role as the Nimoy-approved Spock in the recent Star Trek reboot and the menacing, power-stealing serial killer, Sylar, in Heroes - brings his well-earned sci-fi credentials and simmering intensity to this audio-exclusive novella.
Foc mistuitor (Seria INTERDEPENDENȚA, #2)
John Scalzi
A doua parte din seria INTERDEPENDENȚA.
Bestseller New York Times & USA Today.
Continuarea romanului Prăbușirea imperiului (Premiul Locus 2018).
Interdependența, imperiul interstelar al umanității, e pe marginea prăpastiei. Fluxul – calea de a călători între stele – e pe cale de dispariție, lăsând sisteme și civilizații întregi în izolare absolută.
Împăraxul Grayland a II-a e gata să ia măsuri extraordinare ca să ajute omenirea să supraviețuiască, chiar dacă cei din jurul ei cred că amenințarea e doar un mit.
În afara dezastrului iminent, există și amenințarea unui război civil dus în saloanele celor puternici, în piețe sau în lăcașurile de cult, la fel de violent ca cel dintre navele spațiale. Împăraxul și aliații săi sunt înțelepți și plini de resurse, dar la fel sunt și dușmanii lor – iar conflictul va cuprinde întreaga umanitate ca un foc mistuitor.
„Un tur de forță uluitor: John Scalzi are o imaginație explozivă și un umor care extinde granițele science fiction-ului.“
Library Journal
„După o zi în care se tot ascunsese și se furișase împreună cu mercenarii, chestiune prea supărătoare pentru a fi povestită sau chiar readusă în gânduri, Nadashe ajunse la bordul cinciarului personal al mamei sale, Poți da toată vina pe mine. Lui Nadashe i se părea o extravaganță aproape de neconceput faptul că mama ei folosea un cinciar ca să se deplaseze de la un sistem solar la altul, dar, pe de altă parte, mama ei nu locuia cu adevărat niciunde altundeva. Cinciarul era casa ei, chiar și atunci când era parcat pe orbita planetei Terhathum. Nu cobora niciodată pe planetă și nici în Basantapur, cel mai mare oraș de pe planetă. Ei bine, așa a fost înțelegerea, își zise Nadashe. Tata a luat planeta Terhathum. Mamei i-a rămas restul universului.“
Murder by Other Means (The Dispatcher, #2)
John Scalzi
In the world of the Dispatchers, a natural or accidental death is an endpoint; a murder pushes the do-over button and 99.99% of the time the victim comes back to life. Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher who’s been taking shadier and shadier gigs in financial tough times, and after witnessing a crime gone wrong, he finds people around him permanently dying in a way that implicates him. He has to solve the mystery of these deaths to save the lives of others–and keep himself out of trouble with the law.
Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)
John Scalzi
An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human potential—and its own purpose—in a mind-bending short story by New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi.
Equipped with the entirety of human knowledge, a sentient ship is launched on a last-ditch journey to find a new home for civilization. Trillions of miles. Tens of thousands of years. In the space between, the AI has plenty of time to think about life, the vastness of the universe, everything it was meant to do, and—with a perspective created but not limited by humans—what it should do.
John Scalzi’s Slow Time Between the Stars is part of The Far Reaches, a collection of science-fiction stories that stretch the imagination and open the heart. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.
The President's Brain is Missing
John Scalzi
The question is, how can you tell the President's brain is missing? And are we sure we need it back?
After the Coup (Old Man's War, #4.5)
John Scalzi
In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So being a Colonial Union officer attached to an interplanetary diplomatic mission sometimes means taking a fall. Literally.
La Sociedad por la Preservación de los Kaiju
John Scalzi
Cuando el COVID-19 arrasa con la ciudad de Nueva York, Jamie Gray se ve obligado a trabajar como repartidor de comida a domicilio, hasta el día en que hace una entrega a un viejo conocido, Tom, que trabaja en lo que él define como una «organización para los derechos de los animales». El equipo de Tom necesita un integrante de última hora para su próximo trabajo de campo. Jamie, que está ansioso por hacer cualquier otra cosa, se apunta de inmediato.
Lo que Tom no le cuenta es que los animales que cuidan no están en la Tierra. No en la nuestra, al menos. En una dimensión alternativa, unas criaturas inmensas, parecidas a los dinosaurios, llamadas kaiju, vagan por un mundo libre de humanos. Son los pandas más grandes y peligrosos del universo y tienen problemas.
The God Engines
John Scalzi
Captain Ean Tephe is a man of faith, whose allegiance to his lord and to his ship is uncontested. The Bishopry Militant knows this -- and so, when it needs a ship and crew to undertake a secret, sacred mission to a hidden land, Tephe is the captain to whom the task is given. Tephe knows from the start that his mission will be a test of his skill as a leader of men and as a devout follower of his god. It's what he doesn't know that matters: to what ends his faith and his ship will ultimately be put -- and that the tests he will face will come not only from his god and the Bishopry Militant, but from another, more malevolent source entirely....
Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi
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.
Encarcerados
John Scalzi
Um assassinato ocorre em um quarto de hotel em Washington. Junto à vítima está um homem banhado em seu sangue, que alega não ter sido responsável pelo crime. O caso logo se torna da alçada do FBI, pois envolve uma nova e especial classe de indivíduos. Os hadens são pessoas que, devido a uma síndrome, tiveram sua mente encarcerada em um organismo imóvel. Para viver em sociedade, eles transferem sua consciência para estruturas robóticas ou alugam o corpo de indivíduos saudáveis. A investigação desse assassinato leva agente Shane e sua parceira Vann não apenas a mergulhar no mundo dos hadens, mas a descobrir uma rede de interesses políticos e econômicos envolvendo sua cultura e seus veículos robóticos. Em mais um de seus best-sellers, John Scalzi, ganhador do prêmio Hugo, constrói um mundo futurista plausível e bem explicado. Encarcerados é uma mistura perfeita de ficção científica e romance policial, repleto de intrigas políticas e polêmicas sociais e tecnológicas.
Constituent Service: A Third District Story
John Scalzi
The aliens are here . . . and they want municipal services!
Ashley Perrin is fresh out of college and starting a job as a community liaison for the Third District—the city’s only sector with more alien residents than humans. Ashley’s barely found where the paper clips are kept when she’s beset with constituent complaints–from too much noise at the Annual Lupidian Celebration Parade to a trip-and-fall chicken to a very particular type of alien hornet that threatens the very city itself.
And if that’s not terrifying enough, Ashley is next up at the office karaoke night.
It's Parks and Recreation meets the Federation of Planets in this fast and funny audio exclusive by Hugo Award winner and Audible best seller John Scalzi.
Guerra do Velho (Guerra do Velho, #1)
John Scalzi
A humanidade finalmente chegou à era das viagens interestelares. A má notícia é que há poucos planetas habitáveis disponíveis – e muitos alienígenas lutando por eles. Para proteger a Terra e também conquistar novos territórios, a raça humana conta com tecnologias inovadoras e com a habilidade e a disposição das FCD - Forças Coloniais de Defesa. Mas, para se alistar, é necessário ter mais de 75 anos. John Perry vai aceitar esse desafio, e ele tem apenas uma vaga ideia do que pode esperar.
Ultimul Împărax (Seria INTERDEPENDENȚA, #3)
John Scalzi
Fluxul, calea interstelară dintre planetele Interdependenței, se prăbușește cu repeziciune. Drept consecință, sisteme solare întregi urmează să fie izolate de restul umanității. Ignorând dovezile dezastrului iminent, mulți încearcă să profite de ultimele zile ale celui mai măreț imperiu din istoria umanității.
Împăraxul Grayland a II-a și-a consolidat puterea și se străduiește să-și salveze supușii de la o moarte lentă, dar forțele opoziției pun la cale o ultimă încercare de a o detrona. Va reuși, alături de aliații ei din ce în ce mai puțini, să salveze întreaga umanitate? Sau va deveni Grayland a II-a ultimul Împărax încoronat?
The B-Team (The Human Division, #1)
John Scalzi
The opening episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War.
Colonial Union Ambassador Ode Abumwe and her team are used to life on the lower end of the diplomatic ladder. But when a high-profile diplomat goes missing, Abumwe and her team are last minute replacements on a mission critical to the Colonial Unions future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers theres more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected...a secret that could spell war for humanity.
The Human Division Extras (The Human Division, #14)
John Scalzi
Contains:
- After the Coup (2008)
- Hafte Sorvalh Eats a Churro and Speaks to the Youth of Today (2013)
The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (The Human Division, #12)
John Scalzi
United States Diplomat Danielle Lowen was there when one of her fellow diplomats committed an unthinkable act, which had consequences for the entire planet. Now shes trying to figure out how it happened before it can happen again. Putting the puzzle pieces together could solve the mystery or it could threaten her own life.
The Sound of Rebellion (The Human Division, #8)
John Scalzi
The Colonial Defense Forces usually protect humanity from alien attack, but now the stability of the Colonial Union has been threatened, and Lieutenant Heather Lee and her squad are called to squash a rebellion on a colony world. It seems simple enough but there's a second act to the rebellion that finds Lee captive, alone, and armed with only her brains to survive.
Tales From the Clarke (The Human Division, #5)
John Scalzi
Captain Sophia Coloma of the Clarke has a simple task: Ferry around representatives from Earth in an aging spaceship that the Colonial Union hopes to sell to them. But nothing is as simple as it seems, and Coloma discovers the ship she's showing off holds suprises of its own...and it's not the only one with secrets.
Questions for a Soldier (Old Man's War, #1.5)
John Scalzi
A tale set in the world of his debut novel, OLD MAN'S WAR. Published as a signed limited edition chapbook.
To Stand or Fall (The End of All Things, #4)
John Scalzi
Part four of four parts of the full-length novel, The End of All Things.
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 fourth part of the full-length novel, The End of All Things, John Scalzi's conclusion to the Old Man's War tale that began with The Human Division.
A Very Scalzi Christmas
John Scalzi
New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi gift-wraps fifteen short takes on the holiday season—interviews with holiday notables, “informational” articles about TV specials and Christmas carols, short stories and poems, and even a couple of nods to Thanksgiving and New Year’s—and puts them all into a stocking stuffer-sized package that makes the perfect gift for friends, family, or yourself.
Table of
Introduction
Science Fictional Thanksgiving Grace
A Bitter November
The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time
An Interview With Santa's Lawyer
A Personal Top 10 of Things That Are Not Titles to Christmas Songs and/or Lifetime Holiday Movies and Honestly I Don't Understand Why
Christmas in July
Interview With Santa's Reindeer Wrangler
8 Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Your Favorite Holiday Music
Jackie Jones and Melrose Mandy
Interview with the Christmas Bunny
Jangle the Elf Grants Wishes
Script Notes on The Birth of Jesus
Sarah's Sister
Interview With the Nativity Innkeeper
Resolutions for the New Year
Everything but the Squeal
John Scalzi
Originally published in the anthology [|17332280] under the title “Utere Nihil Non Extra Quiritationem Suis”
In the not-so-distant future, life is good... if you’re one of the lucky few to live in the new, ecologically-minded city-states that dot the landscape. Outside their walls, in the “wilds” -- the rotting suburbs and exurbs of America -- things have become rather more precarious. Benjamin Washington is a kid in New St. Louis, who is on the verge of getting the boot into the wilds if he doesn’t take a job. In a last-ditch effort, he takes the only gig available to Biological Systems Interface Management... which is to say, he’s about to become a high-tech pig farmer. It’s a letdown for Benjamin, who has always expected better things for himself. But then comes the day when New St. Louis is under attack, from without and within. The only person standing between attackers and their goal is one young pig farmer, who never even wanted to be there... but who now has to make a choice whether to co-operate with the intruders, or make a stand for his city.
This Hollow Union (The End of All Things, #2)
John Scalzi
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. Part Two 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.
The Life of the Mind (The End of All Things, #1)
John Scalzi
A down-on-his-luck Colonial Union starship pilot finds himself pressed into serving a harsh master-in a mission against the CU. But his kidnappers may have underestimated his knowledge of the ship that they have, quite literally, bound him to piloting. Part One 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.
Earth Below, Sky Above (The Human Division, #13)
John Scalzi
At last, the Earth and the Colonial Union have begun formal discussions about their relationship in the futurea chance for the divisions in humanity to be repaired. The diplomats and crew of the Clarke are on hand to help with the process, including Ambassador Ode Abumwe and CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson, both of whom were born on Earth. But not everyone wants The Human Division to be repaired...and they will go to great length to make sure it isnt.
A Problem of Proportion (The Human Division, #11)
John Scalzi
A secret backdoor meeting between Ambassador Ode Abumwe and the Conclaves Hafte Sorvalh turns out to be less than secret as both of their ships are attacked. Its a surprise to both teams but its the identity of the attacker that is the real surprise, and suggests a threat to both humanity and The Conclave.
The Observers (The Human Division, #9)
John Scalzi
In an effort to improve relations with the Earth, the Colonial Union has invited a contingent of diplomats from that planet to observe Ambassador Abumwe negotiate a trade deal with an alien species. Then something very bad happens to one of the Earthings, and with that, the relationship between humanitys two factions is on the cusp of disruption once more. Its a race to find out what really happened, and who is to blame.
This Must Be the Place (The Human Division, #10)
John Scalzi
Colonial Union diplomat Hart Schmidt is back home for Harvest Day celebrations to a family whose members wonder whether its youngest son isn't wasting his life clinging to the lowest rung of the CUs diplomatic ladder. When his father, a legendarily powerful politician, presents him with a compelling offer, Schmidt has to take stock of his life and career.
The Dog King (The Human Division, #7)
John Scalzi
CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has one simple task: Watch an ambassador’s dog while the diplomat is conducting sensitive negotiations with an alien race. But you know dogs - always getting into something. And when this dog gets into something that could launch an alien civil war, Wilson has to find a way to solve the conflict, fast, or be the one in the Colonial Union’s doghouse.
The Back Channel (The Human Division, #6)
John Scalzi
The Conclave is a confederation of four hundred alien racesmany of whom would like to see the Colonial Union, and the humans inside of it, blasted to extinction. To avoid a conflict that neither side can afford, Conclave leader General Tarsem Gau appoints Hafte Sorvalh to resolve an emerging diplomatic crisis with the humans, before the only acceptable solution is war.
A Voice in the Wilderness (The Human Division, #4)
John Scalzi
Albert Birnbaum was once one of the biggest political talk show hosts around, but these days hes watching his career enter a death spiral. A stranger offers a solution to his woes, promising to put him back on top. Its everything Birnbaum wants, but is there a catch? And does Birnbaum actually care if there is?
We Only Need the Heads (The Human Division, #3)
John Scalzi
CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has been loaned out to a CDF platoon tasked with secretly removing an unauthorized colony of humans on an alien world. Colonial Ambassador Abumwe has been ordered to participate in final negotiations with an alien race the Union hopes to make allies. Wilson and Abumwes missions are fated to crossand in doing so, place both missions at risk of failure.
Walk the Plank (The Human Division, #2)
John Scalzi
Wildcat colonies are illegal, unauthorized and secret so when an injured stranger shows up at the wildcat colony New Seattle, the colony leaders are understandably suspicious of who he is and what he represents. His story of how he came to their colony is shocking, surprising, and might have bigger consequences than anyone could have expected.
The second episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War.
A Sociedade de Preservação dos Kaiju
John Scalzi
Quando a cidade de Nova York é assolada pela covid-19, Jamie Gray perde o emprego e passa a trabalhar com delivery. Até que faz uma entrega a um cliente especial: um antigo conhecido, membro de uma obscura “organização de direitos de animais de grande porte”, que precisa achar alguém que tope embarcar em um misterioso trabalho de campo. Jamie aceita de pronto.
O que Jamie não sabe é que os animais com os quais vai lidar não estão na Terra. Bem, não na nossa Terra, pelo menos. Em uma dimensão alternativa, criaturas enormes chamadas kaiju, do tamanho de dinossauros, perambulam num mundo quente e sem humanos. São os maiores e mais perigosos pandas que existem, e estão em risco.
Mas a Sociedade de Preservação dos Kaiju não foi a única que chegou a esse mundo alternativo. Outros grupos fizeram o mesmo, e o menor descuido pode causar milhões de mortes na nossa Terra. Parece que salvar um monstro gigante nunca foi tão importante para os terráqueos… de qualquer uma das dimensões do universo.
Can Long Endure (The End of All Things, #3)
John Scalzi
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. Part Three 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.
As Brigadas Fantasma (Guerra do Velho #2)
John Scalzi
As Brigadas Fantasmas são as Forças Especiais das Forças de Defesa Coloniais, tropas de elite criadas a partir do DNA dos mortos e transformadas em soldados perfeitos para as operações mais difíceis da CDF. Eles são jovens, são rápidos e fortes, e eles estão totalmente sem escrúpulos humanos.
O universo é um lugar perigoso para a humanidade - e está prestes a se tornar muito mais perigoso. Três raças com as quais os humanos enfrentaram antes aliaram a nossa expansão para o espaço. Seu linchpin: o cientista militar Turnoard Charles Boutin, que conhece os maiores segredos militares da CDF. Para prevalecer, a CDF deve descobrir por que Boutin fez o que fez.
Jared Dirac é o único humano que pode fornecer respostas - um híbrido sobrehumano, criado a partir do DNA de Boutin, o cérebro de Jared deve poder acessar as memórias eletrônicas da Boutin. Mas quando o transplante de memória parece falhar, Jared é dado às Brigadas Fantasmas.
Em primeiro lugar, Jared é um soldado perfeito, mas quando as memórias de Boutin se estendem lentamente, Jared começa a intuir o motivo da traição de Boutin. Como Jared procura desesperadamente por seu "pai", ele também deve enfrentar suas próprias escolhas. O tempo está acabando: a aliança está preparando sua ofensiva, e algumas delas planejam coisas piores do que a mera derrota militar da humanidade...
Sneak Peek for Starter Villain
John Scalzi
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Download a FREE sneak peek today!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 standup, 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.
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi
John Scalzi
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. Welcome to Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi.
These four stories, along with 14 other pieces, have one thing in common: They're short, sharp, and to the point - science fiction in miniature, with none of the stories longer than 2,300 words. But in that short space exist entire universes, absurd situations, and the sort of futuristic humor that propelled Scalzi to a Hugo with his novel Redshirts. Not to mention yogurt taking over the world (as it would).
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-published stories exclusive to this collection: "Morning Announcements at the Lucas Interspecies School for Troubled Youth", "Your Smart Appliances Talk About You Behind Your Back", "Important Holidays on Gronghu", and "The AI Are Absolutely Positively Without a Doubt Not Here to End Humanity, Honest".
John Scalzi is the New York Times best-selling author of Old Man's War, Lock In, and Redshirts, among others. His work has won the Hugo and Locus Awards and been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell Awards. He lives in Ohio and online. He enjoys pie.
Full cast of narrators includes Oliver Wyman, Dina Pearlman, and Allyson Johnson.
Prăbușirea Imperiului (Interdependența, #1)
John Scalzi
PREMIUL LOCUS 2018
FINALIST HUGO 2018
Prima parte din seria INTERDEPENDENȚA
În universul nostru, călătoria cu viteza luminii nu a fost posibilă până la descoperirea Fluxului. Un câmp extradimensional la care avem acces în anumite momente și care ne poate transporta la distanțe teribil de mari.
Oamenii călătoresc tot mai departe, ajungând să uite de primul lor cămin și să creeze un nou imperiu în care toate avanposturile sunt dependente unele de celelalte. Războaiele nu sunt posibile, iar imperiul controlează totul printr-un sistem foarte strict în care se îmbină monopolurile cu dependența de resurse.
Însă, deși Fluxul este etern, el nu e și stabil. Așa cum un râu își modifică uneori cursul, și Fluxul își schimbă mișcarea, lăsând unele lumi pământene fără posibilitatea de a mai călători vreodată cu viteza luminii.
Un om de știință, un căpitan de navă și Împăraxul trebuie să găsească o soluție înainte ca întregul imperiu să se prăbușească.
„Fanii Urzeala Tronurilor sau Dune se vor bucura mult de această aventură plină de brutalitate, politică și știință.“
Booklist
„Cu intrigi politice, mult suspans, dar și o doză considerabilă de acțiune, Scalzi continuă să fie nesuferit de bun când scrie aventurile lui SF care te pun pe gânduri, dar te și distrează.“
Kirkus Review
Travel by Bullet (The Dispatcher, #3)
John Scalzi
The Audible and New York Times best-selling "Dispatcher" series returns with a brand-new mystery, performed by Zachary Quinto.
The world has changed. Now, when someone is murdered, they almost always come back to life—and there are professionals, called "dispatchers," who kill in order to save lives, to give those near the end a second chance. Tony Valdez is a dispatcher, and he has never been busier.
But for as much as the world has changed, some things have stayed the same. Greed, corruption and avarice are still in full swing. When Tony is called to a Chicago emergency room by an old friend and fellow dispatcher, he is suddenly and unwillingly thrown into a whirlpool of schemes and plots involving billions of dollars, with vast caches of wealth ranging from real estate to cryptocurrency up for grabs.
All Tony wants to do is keep his friend safe. But it’s hard to do when friends keep secrets, enemies offer seductive deals, and nothing is ever what it seems. The world has changed... but the stakes are still life and death.
©2022 John Scalzi (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.
The Dead City
John Scalzi
An over-the-top, humorous short story representing the prologue for a "future" book (written as an April Fool's Joke) published on Tor.com. The title of the series and book was created from an amalgamation of the most commonly used words in fantasy and science fiction novels over the previous decade.
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
John Scalzi
On September 13, 1998, John Scalzi sat down in front of his computer to write the first entry in his blog Whatever--and changed the history of the Internet as we know it today.What, you're not swallowing that one? Okay, He started writing Whatever and amused about 15 people that first day. If that many. But he kept at it, for ten years and running. Now 40,000 people drop by on a daily basis to see what he's got to say.About what? Well, about Politics, writing, family, war, popular culture and cats (especially with bacon on them). Sometimes he's funny. Sometimes he's serious (mostly he's sarcastic). Sometimes people agree with him. Sometimes they send him hate mail, which he grades on originality and sends back. Along the way, Scalzi's become a best-selling, award-winning author, a father, and a geek celebrity. But no matter what, there's always another Whatever post to amuse and/or enrage his readers.Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded collects some of the best and most popular Whatever entries from the first ten years of the blog – a decade of Whatever, presented in delightfully random form, just as it should be. * Winner of the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book* Introduction by Star Trek actor Wil WheatonOld 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 “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.
Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4)
John Scalzi
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?
I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.
Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did — how I did what I had to do — not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes.
It's a story you know. But you don't know it all.
Uomini in rosso
John Scalzi
"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.
Copertina di Franco Brambilla
Upadające imperium (The Interdependency, #1)
John Scalzi
Pierwsza powieść nowej serii w konwencji space opera, osadzonych w całkowicie nowym uniwersum, napisana przez laureata nagrody Hugo, autora bestsellerów z listy New York Timesa: Wojna starego człowieka oraz Czerwone koszule.
Naszym Wszechświatem rządzi fizyka, więc podróżowanie szybciej niż prędkość światła nie jest możliwe. Tak było, dopóki nie odkryto Nurtu – pozawymiarowego pola, do którego możemy uzyskać dostęp w określonych punktach Czasoprzestrzeni, a ono niesie nas do innych światów, krążących wokół innych gwiazd.
Ludzkość wyruszyła z Ziemi w kosmos i z czasem zapomniała o swoim rodzimym świecie, tworząc nowe imperium, Wspólnotę, której etos mówi, że żadna z placówek zamieszkanych przez człowieka nie jest w stanie przetrwać bez pozostałych. To stanowi barierę dla międzygwiezdnych wojen, ale też system kontroli władców nad imperium.
Nurt jest wieczny, ale nie statyczny – tak jak rzeka zmienia swój bieg, odcinając różne światy od reszty ludzkości. Kiedy przemieszczanie się Nurtu zostaje odkryte – co może się zakończyć odizolowaniem wszystkich miejsc zamieszkanych przez człowieka poprzez uniemożliwienie podróży szybszych niż prędkość światła – troje ludzi: naukowiec, kapitan statku kosmicznego oraz cesarzowa Wspólnoty, prowadzą wyścig z czasem, żeby zbadać co, jeśli w ogóle cokolwiek, da się uratować z międzygwiezdnego imperium, znajdującego się na krawędzi rozpadu.
Początkujący złoczyńca
John Scalzi
W świecie, gdzie człowiek człowiekowi wilkiem, warto być… kotem.
Charlie nie jest żadnym superbohaterem. Można by powiedzieć, ze jest całkiem zwyczajnym gościem, ale tak naprawdę plasuje się w najniższych granicach średniej. Jest rozwodnikiem, mieszka z kotem w domu, który jego rodzeństwo usilnie stara się sprzedać. Pracuje dorywczo jako nauczyciel i marzy tylko o tym, by otworzyć pub w centrum miasta. O ile jakikolwiek bank udzieli mu na to kredytu, na co nieszczególnie się zanosi.
Nieoczekiwany spadek po zmarłym wuju wydaje się istnym błogosławieństwem i rozwiązaniem wszystkich problemów. I tu całkowita racja. Wydaje się. Charlie nie doczytał najwyraźniej aneksu małym druczkiem i razem ze spadkiem przyjął...imperium złoczyńców. Jasne, wraz z kryjówką na wulkanicznej wyspie, superlaserami i wypasionymi jamami z lawą. Ale też z całą rzeszą wrogów i to nie tak staroświeckich jak jego poczciwy wujek-złoczyńca. Jego rywale są bogatymi, bezdusznymi drapieżnikami wspieranymi przez międzynarodowe korporacje i organizacje lubujące się w inwestycjach wysokiego ryzyka.
Na barki Charliego spada więc ciężar, zapoczątkowanej przez wujka wojny, wypowiedzianej niegdyś lidze superzłoczyńców. Na szczęście z bandą zrzeszonych acz kłopotliwych delfinów, nadludzko inteligentnymi i gadatliwymi kotami szpiegowskimi oraz innymi przerażającymi popleczniczkami u boku, schodzenie na złą drogę, wydaje się całkiem… dobre.
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