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The Sheriff of Yrnameer
Michael Rubens

The Sheriff of Yrnameer

Pantheon Books (Aug 04, 2009)
9780307378477
| Hardcover
288 pages | 155 x 249 mm | USA | English
$ 22.95 | Value: $ 22.95
Dewey 813.6
LC Classification PS3618.U236 .S54 2009
LC Control No. 2008049525

Genre

  • Science Fiction

Plot

Meet Cole: hapless space rogue, part-time smuggler, on a path to being full-time dead. His sidekick just stole his girlfriend. The galaxy's most hideous and feared bounty hunter wants to lay eggs in his brain. And the luxury space yacht Cole just hijacked turns out of be filled with interstellar do-gooders, one especially loathsome stowaway, and a cargo of freeze-dried orphans. Reluctantly compelled to deliver these defenseless, fluidless children to safety, Cole gathers a misfit crew for a desperate journey to the far reaches of the galaxy. Their destination: the mysterious world of Yrnameer, the very last of the your-name-heres—planets without corporate sponsors. But little does Cole know that this legendary utopia is home to a murderous band of outlaws bent on destroying the planet's tiny, peaceful community. Follow Cole's adventures through a delightfully absurd science-fiction universe, where the artificial intelligence is stupid, dust motes carry branding messages, and middle-management zombies have overrun a corporate training satellite. In the spirit of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett,The Sheriff of Yrnameeris sci-fi comedy at its best—mordant, raucously funny, and a thrilling page-turner.