Abandoned by Booklikes

The beginning of the story begins with a man named Dirk Moeller using an apparatus to allow him to pass gas at an alien species called The Nidu and insult a trade delegate that is Nidu enough to bring about an international incident with this species and Earth.

Through a lot of political maneuvering we find out that the Earth is now in danger because of the fallout from the death of one of the Nidu. The only way to appease the Nidu is for Earth to provide a sheep of the 'Android's Dream' breed for the coronation ceremony of one of the Nidu.

Our main protagonist, Harry Creek, is tasked by his childhood friend to find 'The Android's Dream' in order to save Earth.

The interesting part for me came when we find out exactly what is 'The Android's Dream'. After that things kick into high gear and the story-line does not let up until the very end.

I only rated this book three stars though. The main reasons for that was that it took a long time to even see a semblance of a good plot for me. I got to 35 percent and honestly thought about chucking the book. Luckily I stuck with it.

Additionally, a good portion of the book had way too much techno garble for me and my poor eyes glazed over a lot while reading this book. I need to understand the science behind things of course as a reader but I don't need to understand how microchips work (I am being a bit facetious here).

Also there are way too many characters to keep straight. I think at one point I had to go back 20 pages because I had totally missed who one person was because I thought he was a totally other character.

I did love the character of Harry Creek and the sheep when he found it. I think if this character had been introduced to me earlier in the book I would have liked it more than I did.

I am going to say that I am glad that I didn't read this before I read Red Shirts and Old Man's War since I may have passed on future John Scalzi books.