John Scalzi · novella-series
The Dispatcher books in order
A science-fiction crime series set in a world where licensed dispatchers kill people who would otherwise die violently, causing them to revive shortly afterward.
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- 1 The Dispatcher
Book 1 · novella · 2016
One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don't know. But it changes everything: war, crime, daily life. Tony Valdez is a…
- 2 Murder by Other Means
Book 2 · novella · 2020
Welcome to the new world, in which murder is all but a thing of the past. When someone kills you, 999 times out of 1,000, you instantly come back to life. In this world, there are dispatchers—licensed killers who step in when you’re at…
- 3 Travel by Bullet
Book 3 · novella · 2022
The world has changed. Now, when someone is murdered, they almost always come back to life—and there are professionals, called “dispatchers”, who kill in order to save lives, to give those near the end a second chance. Tony Valdez is a…
