How to Raise a Human: A Novel

Centuries in the future, a ragtag alien salvage crew discovers a live human—once the most feared being in the galaxy, now on the brink of extinction—and realizes that the monster they've found needs their help to survive.

In the aftermath of a galaxy-shattering war that left humanity all but extinct, the crew of the Many Home—lowly alien haulers scraping by on the edges of civilization—makes a terrifying discovery: a live human, preserved in stasis for decades.

When pirates attack moments later, the human warrior fights them off with startling ease, and the Many Home's team realizes that this human named David isn't the monster they expected. He's terribly, heartbreakingly alone, one of the last of his species, and despite his fearsome reputation, he desperately needs their help.

The ship's captain, Nakoi, feels a moral obligation to get David to the safety of one of the few rumored human colonies that remain. But a notorious warlord wants to capture and enslave him as a living weapon, and it will take all of the crew’s ingenuity, empathy, and resilience to defy his plans.