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Authors: John Scalzi
“I was told recently by someone that if I wanted to make a difference, that this must be the place. Here, on Phoenix. With love and respect, I disagree. Dad, Brandt and Catherine will take care of Phoenix for us. My job is to take care of the rest of it. That’s what I do. That’s what I’m going to keep doing. That’s where what I do matters.
“So to each of you, my family, a toast. Keep Phoenix safe for me. I’ll work on everything else. When I come back for Harvest Day next year, I’ll let you know how it’s going. That’s a promise. Cheers.”
Hart drank. Everyone drank but Alastair, who waited until he caught his son’s eye. Then he raised his glass a second time and drank.
“That was worth holding off on the potatoes for,” Wes said. “Now pass me the gravy, please.”
Old Man’s War
The Ghost Brigades
The Android’s Dream
The Last Colony
Zoe’s Tale
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded
Fuzzy Nation
Redshirts
Edited by John Scalzi
Metatropolis
JOHN SCALZI is the author of several SF novels including the bestselling
Old Man’s War
and its sequels, and the
New York Times
bestsellers
Fuzzy Nation
and
Redshirts.
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 wildly popular blog
Whatever
(
whatever.scalzi.com
). He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
HUMAN DIVISION #10: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
Copyright © 2013 by John Scalzi
All rights reserved.
Cover art by John Harris
Tor
®
is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.
e-ISBN: 978-1-4668-3059-2
The Human Division
John Scalzi’s stirring new novel in the universe of his bestselling
Old Man’s War
New e-episodes will appear every Tuesday from January 15 to April 9, 2013, on all your favorite e-book sites. Don’t miss a single one:
January 15:
The Human Division #1: The B-Team
January 22:
The Human Division #2: Walk the Plank
January 29:
The Human Division #3: We Only Need the Heads
February 5:
The Human Division #4: A Voice in the Wilderness
February 12:
The Human Division #5: Tales from the Clarke
February 19:
The Human Division #6: The Back Channel
February 26:
The Human Division #7: The Dog King
March 5:
The Human Division #8: The Sound of Rebellion
March 12:
The Human Division #9: The Observers
March 19:
The Human Division #10: This Must Be the Place
March 26:
The Human Division #11: A Problem of Proportion
April 2:
The Human Division #12: The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads
April 9:
The Human Division #13: Earth Below, Sky Above