{"product_id":"the-androids-dream-9781250174758","title":"The Android's Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and Hugo Award-winner John Scalzi, a trade paperback repackage of his wild-and-woolly caper novel of interstellar diplomacy--now with a new cover!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most . . . unusual . . . way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: a type of sheep (\"The Android's Dream\"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinare, who, with the help of a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking for the rare creature. But there are others with plans for the sheep as well. Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents of a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century SF author. And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off a grand diplomatic coup, a gambit that will take him from the halls of power to the lava-strewn battlefields of alien worlds. There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of the sheep--and to protect the future of humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Tor Books by John Scalzi: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgent to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour Hate Mail Will Be Graded\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuzzy Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRedshirts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLock In\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eLock In\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eHead On\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Interdepency Sequence\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eThe Collapsing Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eThe Consuming Fire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOld Man's War Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eOld Man's War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Brigades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Colony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eZoe's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eThe Human Division\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eThe End of All Things \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His massively successful debut \u003ci\u003eOld Man's War\u003c\/i\u003e won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers include \u003ci\u003eThe Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRedshirts;\u003c\/i\u003ewhich won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog, Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. Scalzi also serves as critic-at-large for \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50704912843026,"sku":"9781250174758","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d6c47e9-1a85-46dd-9a7d-c78fe7b310ec.jpg?v=1734482217","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-androids-dream-9781250174758","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}