Fuzzy Nation

Publisher Marketing: Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn t care to talk about. One hundred seventy-eight light-years from ZaraCorp s head office on Earth, hundreds of miles from their headquarters on-planet, Jack is content as an independent contractor, prospecting and surveying at his own pace. 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 cancels their contract with him. Briefly in the catbird seat, 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 Earthlike planet 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 flimsy indeed and that ZaraCorp may stop at nothing to eliminate the fuzzys before their existence becomes more widely known." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/21/2011 (EAN 9780765328540, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 04/15/2011 pg. 87 (EAN 9780765328540, Hardcover) Romantic Times 05/01/2011 pg. 67 (EAN 9780765328540, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2011 (EAN 9780765328540, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2011 (EAN 9780765328540, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2012 pg. 116 (EAN 9780765328540, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Scalzi, John 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. Contributor Bio:  Wheaton, Wil Wil Wheaton is an actor, voice artist, author, and award-winning audiobook narrator. Among his movie credits are "Stand by Me" and "Toy Soldiers". His many television credits include "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "The Big Bang Theory", and" Generator Rex. "As a narrator of more than a dozen audiobooks, he has twice won the prestigious Audie Award, twice been a finalist for the Audie, and earned an Earphones Award from "AudioFile "magazine.