At last, the Earth and the Colonial Union have begun formal discussions
about their relationship in the future - a chance for the divisions in
humanity to be repaired. The diplomats and crew of the Clarke are on
hand to help with the process, including Ambassador Ode Abumwe and CDF
Lieutenant Harry Wilson, both of whom were born on Earth. But not
everyone wants the human division to be repaired.... And they will go to
great lengths to make sure it isn't....
"Earth Below, Sky Above" is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human
Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories set
in the Old Man's War universe.