A review by shanhaddock
After the Coup by John Scalzi

5.0

I've read other things by John Scalzi and while they were enjoyable, I couldn't understand why people loved his fiction so much. (His blog is a different thing entirely. I totally get why people love it.) With this story, I begin to understand. The dialogue was the best part, but everything about this story was great. I loved the surprise towards the end of the fight, and how the main character dealt with it.

This story stands alone really well, though I'm sure I would've understood more about the underlying situation if I was more familiar with the setting.