The Human Division #4: A Voice in the Wilderness

John Scalzi

Feb 2013 · Human Division Series Book 4 · Sold by Tor Books

About this ebook

The fourth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday.

Albert Birnbaum was once one of the biggest political talk show hosts around, but these days he's watching his career enter a death spiral. A stranger offers a solution to his woes, promising to put him back on top. It's everything Birnbaum wants, but is there a catch? And does Birnbaum actually care if there is?

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Ratings and reviews

A Voice in the Wilderness is another side-story to the overall arc of The Human Division (and a great one at that). For the first time, Scalzi shows us what everyday life is like on Earth. Episode 4 follows a political commentator on Earth and shows us some of the conversations surrounding Earth's relationships with the Colonial Union and the Conclave. It's extremely fascinating and something we haven't seen in the Old Man's War universe previously. This episode provides great content for the current state of humanity in the universe. As might be expected by an episode still early in the total work, however, it also leaves us with questions. I'm anxious to find the answers to those questions in future episodes. A Voice in the Wilderness is easily worth the $0.99, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the episodic format of The Human Division!

An interesting turn away from the past few updates, this one deals with an audio talk show host who becomes a pebble to start an avalanche. It is filed with Scalzi's humor and insight and I was very fond of the darker undercurrent at the end. Interesting developments continue!

A different breed of story with the Colonial Union still the central theme but with the raw insider look at Political Talk Radio (podcast?) mixed in the story. Influence peddling! Jolly Good!

About the author

JOHN SCALZI is the author of several SF novels including the bestselling Old Man's War sequence, comprising Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, and the New York Times bestselling The Last Colony. He is a winner of science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and he won the Hugo Award for Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, a collection of essays from his popular blog Whatever. His latest novel, Fuzzy Nation, hit the New York Times bestseller list in its first week on sale. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.