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Lt. Harry Wilson commands a B Team tasked with protecting the interests of the Colonial Union. Faced with hostile alien forces, discontented humans, and unpredictable elements of the cosmos, Wilson must navigate complex interstellar tensions to secure the region's stability.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: John Scalzi
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