In the immortal words of Spock, I find the story, the characters, and writing, fascinating.

I've read quite a bit of Scalzi's work, both full length novels and short stories, and it is always good no matter the length. This story is no exception.

this was an interesting fight scene,emphasis on scene! someone should have explained that one was buying a short,very short, scifi story! certainly not worth the price of a novel.

A genetically modified human gets into a fist fight with an adorable little alien half his size. As long as you are not expecting a full blown sci fi novel, this a quick, fun read. 85 pages.

I paid for and downloaded this "book" from iBooks. It's just a short story. I love this author, especially the Old man wars series but where is the rest of this "book" that I bought? Think I'll stick with Kindle for now. My rating is for iBooks, not John.

Scalzi manages to intertwine diplomatic intrigue, hand to hand human vs alien combat and hilarity. The best $.99 I've spent in a long time.

Fun little short story in Scalzi's Old Man's War universe. Not necessary to know the universe to read this story however.

Absolutely worth the $0.99 cost. I'd buy one of these a week from Scalzi, no problem.

Not noted in the description is that this is just a short story. Good, and probably worth the buck, but not a new novel. EDIT: Also hilarious.