Monsters of Ohio

Monsters of Ohio is a heartfelt exploration of a tentacular solution to the struggles of the modern world from the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain Welcome to Richland. It‘s about to get weird. Richland, Ohio: A sleepy little town, home to the Bradson Foods processing plant and the annual Soybean Festival, nestled deep in the heart of Darke County. Except that the plant is about to close, the victim of corporate downsizing, and the festival is being rebranded in a desperate attempt to entice new visitors. It‘s a hometown on the brink. 20 years after his high school graduation, Mike Boyd has come back to Richland after his federal job got disappeared. He‘s not planning to stay. His plan is to regroup and rethink his life. But Richland has other plans for Mike, for his old friend Dave, and their new pal Andi. The three of them get caught up in a whirl that includes private equity, executive larceny... and whatever it is that has just happened to Jeremy Keller‘s prize cow. Does it all connect? Yes it does. Just not in a way that Mike, Dave, Andi or anyone else could ever expect. Leave your expectations behind. Bring a tarp. OTHER TOR BOOKS BY JOHN SCALZI Agent to the Stars The Android‘s Dream Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 The Kaiju Preservation Society Starter Villain When the Moon Hits Your Eye THE OLD MAN‘S WAR NOVELS Old Man‘s War The Ghost Brigades The Last Colony Zoë‘s Tale The Human Division The End of All Things The Shattering Peace THE LOCK IN SERIES Lock In Head On Unlocked THE INTERDEPENDENCY SEQUENCE The Collapsing Empire The Consuming Fire The Last Emperox EDITED BY JOHN SCALZI Metatropolis