REDSHIRTS
WRITTEN BY: JOHN SCALZI

BOOK SYNOPSIS: Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assign to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled to be assigned to the ship’s xenobiology laboratory, with the chance to serve on Away Missions alongside the starship’s famous senior officers.

Life couldn’t be better. . . until Andrew begins to realize 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; and (3) sadly, at least one low-ranking crew member is invariably killed.

Unsurprisingly, the crew below decks avoid Away Missions at all costs. 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.

NERDY THOUGHTS: Redshirts is a winner of the Hugo Award for Best novel in 2013, and a New York Times bestseller! Full of gory humor, conspiracies, space ships and alternate realities Redshirts will suck you in from the very first sentence. With Borgovian Land Worms and Ice sharks and killer machines this book will leave you on the edge of your seat biting your nails! From all 294 pages not one will make you want to put the book down. (Trust me I know, I finished it in one sleepless day!)

PATRICK ROTHFUSS – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NAME OF THE WIND: “I can honestly say I can’t think of another book that ever made me laugh this much. Ever.”

JOE HILL—NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HEART-SHAPED BOX: “Redshirts is (a) ruin-your-underwear funny, (b) a mind-bender sure to Philip K. Dick you over, and (c) absurdly rich in ideas and feeling. John Scalzi sets his imagination to STUN and scores a direct hit. Read on and Prosper.” 

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