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Space Holes

First Transmission

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Saving an alien planet is nothing compared to meeting your sales quota.

Marcus Aimond, untrained tag-along aboard humanity's first intergalactic exploratory commerce vessel, has a singular mission: sell off-brand misprinted merchandise.

When the rookie and his crew encounter the Nerelkor, a frog-like civilization, he is thrust head-first into an alien civil war. The opposing factions, Rejault and Dinasc, are stuck in an ill-fated feud driven by deep-rooted ineptitude. To avoid the planet's total annihilation and establish a local sales office, Aimond and the crew must survive arena combat, reshape the very structure of the planet, establish world peace, and stay alive—for the sake of positive branding, of course.

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    • Library Journal

      January 1, 2024

      In a future universe where a company that makes really bad cereal has taken over the world, and corporate bureaucracy and rapacious merchandising rule everything, it's not a surprise that the crew of the GP Gallant are not exactly the best and the brightest, have little training, and are sent on the company's first intergalactic exploration and commerce mission in a ship built by prioritizing cost and merchandising over safety and functionality. All things considered, it's a bit surprising that they make it through the Space Hole (corporate speak for wormhole). This novel combines the over-the-top satire and sheer corporate bureaucratic farce of the movie Office Space and sets it in a universe reminiscent of John Scalzi's Redshirts with its parody/homage to Star Trek. Unfortunately, it lacks the dawning self-awareness that gave Redshirts its charm and adds really bad cereal and over-the-top merchandising opportunities that can wear thin rather quickly. VERDICT Louis (Pray for Evolution) gives readers a ship barely hanging together, a bumbling wannabe hero, and a capable-in-spite-of-themselves crew that readers will root for in spite of themselves, but whether it's an enjoyable read may depend on how well they can weather the over-the-topness of the novel.--Marlene Harris

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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