The Android's Dream

Publisher Marketing: A 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. To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero, and hacker extraordinaire, who with the help of Brian Javna, a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking for the rare creature. And they find it, in the unknowing form of Robin Baker, pet store owner, whose genes contain traces of the sheep DNA. 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 science fiction author. And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth. To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off the greatest diplomatic coup in history, a grand 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 Robin Baker and to protect the future of humanity." Contributor Bio:  Scalzi, John John Scalzi won the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel for "Redshirts", and his debut novel "Old Man's War" was a finalist for Hugo Award as well. His other books include "The Ghost Brigades", "The Android's Dream", "The Last Colony "and "The Human Division". He has won the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for science-fiction, the Seiun, The Kurd Lasswitz and the Geffen awards. His weblog, The Whatever, is one of the most widely-read web sites in modern SF. Born and raised in California, Scalzi studied at the University of Chicago. He lives in southern 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.