The Human Division #1: The B-Team

John Scalzi

Jan 2013 · Human Division Series Book 1 · Sold by Tor Books

About this ebook

The opening 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.

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 Union's future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers there's more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected...a secret that could spell war for humanity.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ratings and reviews

The B-Team marks John Scalzi's return to his Old Man's War universe, the series for which he's most known. Set after the events of The Last Colony and Zoe's Tale, it tells of a Colonial Union team sent to repair a diplomatic mission gone wrong. While it seems enjoyable without knowledge of the previous books in the series, it would also spoil them. I highly recommend reading the rest of the series first. Readers familiar with the series should enjoy seeing the ramifications of Perry and Sagan's actions and those of the Conclave. The B-Team is the first episode of The Human Division, which will be released as one collected book shortly. It's comprised of thirteen short stories considered episodes of a whole. The B-Team was released on Tuesday, January 15, and a new episode will be releasing every Tuesday until the entire story is published. This reminds me of serialized novels in the past; however, those only worked as a while novel. The Human Division actually consists of stand-alone episodes. It's a short story collection with an over-arching (presumably) story. This seems like an evolution of Scalzi's last novel, Redshirts, which he considered a novel with three codas. The B-Te

It is telling that I was really disappointed when I got to the end - I wanted more. Luckily this is the first in a series, and well worth the price. If forced to compare, I would rate this with some of the best Star Trek TV episodes, and I'm old enough to have seen them all. Bonus, the science descriptions actually make sense without using magic tech with indecipherable names.

Fabulous return to the world of the Colonial Union, and its CDF Army. I was surprised not to hear from Perry or Sagan, but that made the book no less enjoyable. Pre-ordered the rest of the series on audio, can't wait to see how this all goes.

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.