Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas

Redshirts is John Scalzi’s Hugo
Award-winning novel of the starship ensigns who were expendable…until they
started comparing notes.

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Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the
Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a
prestige posting, with the chance to serve on “Away Missions”
alongside the starship’s famous senior officers.

Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to
realize that (1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien
forces, (2) the ship’s senior officers always survive these confrontations, and
(3) sadly, at least one low-ranking crew member is invariably killed.
Unsurprisingly, the savvier crew members belowdecks avoid Away Missions at all
costs. Then Andrew stumbles on information that transforms his and his
colleagues’ understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is…and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to
save their own lives.

With a new introduction by Mary
Robinette Kowal, author of the Hugo-winning The Calculating Stars.