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Published: Feb. 12, 2010
Words: 10268 (approximate)
Language: English
Ebook description
Former Ten Stars pilot Rick Barrett is having a bad day. Not only is he jobless and broke, in a seedy spaceport bar he has been forced into a winner-takes-all poker game with a homicidal cauliflower. Salvation is at hand in the shapely form of Irish redhead Julie Halloran. Julie has a proposition for Rick that could end his financial worries - but does she also have a secret agenda of her own?Tags
adventure, comedy, science fiction, novella, science fiction romance, science fantasy, science fiction comedyAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Chrissie12
on Oct. 11, 2011 :
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story. There is a hero, slightly flawed, which makes him believable, and a beautiful heroine. There are also several very weird aliens! The plot is great and there are enough twists to make this a highly entertaining read. Well done Nick. I'll be back for more!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
David Robinson
on June 14, 2011 :
Take one depressed pilot, pensioned off too early, a young lass with more than a touch the blarney and a jealous alien resembling a cauliflower, and what do you have? The start of an entertaining and intriguing little tale, The Festival of Lyris 5.
I was captured from the first page, and I as I read on, I become thoroughly engrossed in this story, its characters and their adventures, and what came at the end was a complete surprise. I knew there’d be a twist, but I never guessed what.
The characters in this sci-fi short come complete with real problems, the situations they find themselves in are entirely believable and there is no magic wand to get them out of the treacle; only ingenuity.
Short it may be, but the Festival of Lyris 5 doesn’t lack on action. Well done, author Nick Daws; let’s see more of Richard Barrett and Julie Halloran.
(reviewed the day of purchase)
Review by:
Doug Pardee
on April 18, 2010 :
A solid sci-fi short story.
Well written and well-edited.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Lesley Galston
on March 12, 2010 :
Read this and learn from the teacher!!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
Lesley Galston
on March 12, 2010 :
(no rating)
Loved it, if you like a little bit of sci-fi, fast paced, could not drop until finished then you will love this offering from Nick Daws.
Reminded me of a glimpse of Star Wars and definately on apar with George Lucas. Well done Nick, would have loved more, if definately left you baying for more.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)