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Violence
Barely any
Some corporate violence and danger; nothing graphic
Language
Some
Moderate language; Jack's voice is sardonic
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The legal and ethical status of nonhuman intelligence, corporate power versus individual conscience, a flawed man doing the right thing for complicated reasons
What this book is about
Jack Holloway is a liability-prone contractor blowing up mountains for ZaraCorp on planet Zara XXIII when his dog discovers a creature called a Fuzzy. If the Fuzzies are sapient, the whole mining operation is illegal. Jack, who is not a particularly good person, finds himself in the middle of a legal and moral battle that ZaraCorp will do anything to win. John Scalzi's reboot of H. Beam Piper's classic Little Fuzzy is a sharp courtroom science fiction novel about what we owe the beings we find.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
corporate antagonist with real menace
science fiction legal thriller pacing
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