Author(s): John Scalzi

Science Fiction

ZaraCorp holds the right to extract unlimited resources from the verdant planet Zarathustra as long as the planet is certifiably free of native sentients. So when an outback prospector discovers a species of small, appealing bipeds who might well turn out to be intelligent, language-using beings, it's a race to stop the corporation from "eliminating the problem," which is to say, eliminating the Fuzzies - wide-eyed and ridiculously cute small, furry creatures - who are as much people as we are.