Agent to the Stars

From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner, John Scalzi, a trade paperback repackage of his gleeful mash-up of science fiction and Hollywood satire—now with a new cover!

The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: they're hideously ugly and smell like rotting fish.

So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal.

Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster.

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Published May 28, 2019

368 pages

Average rating: 7.4

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Eazy1036
Jan 29, 2026
7/10 stars
The concept is interestingly simple, with a story line that keeps the reader engaged with good character building, and decent dialogue. However, the closing of the story felt…. Awkwardly rushed. Scalzi was able to bring everything home in a decent manner, but lacked the depth I hoped for. This was the authors first book, knowing that i gave it a little boost. Not a bad read overall, just left feeling a little cheated at the conclusion of it all.

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