Lee Willard

Loonmaster (The Adventgures of Dorrick and TongSu, #6) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Dorrick would do anything in his power but kill to bring the creator of loon to justice. Making the most addictive substance known to man was evil in its own right, but to have done so and gone unpunished was unthinkable. With great difficulty he eventually found the name of its creator and the rumor that his lab had been in the East Wash of Trenst. While danger from other people was minimal, the East Wash had many other dangers, some mild like getting bombed when passing under an apartment tree without plumbing, to serious like falling victim to predatory fish. The wash is the home of some of the most devious people in the city, but also some of the most helpful. It just wasn't obvious which was which. It didn't matter, he would not be denied, even if it meant leaving TongSu behind at Kahlekmeel with Ression and going off on his own.

Honshu was disturbed by Dorrick leaving, and so was TongSu though she wasn't so vocal about it. She couldn't afford to be, her balloon had gone to seed and she was captive of Kahlekmeel House until the new bag was grown and detached from her root. She was trying hard to fit in at the farm and trying hard to be everything Ression could want, until she found out the truth regarding the 'reality freaks' and the 'loonies.'

Dorrick eventually finds that his quarry has gone to work for the most powerful and sinister wizard on the planet. In spite of that he presses on. Deep in his heart, he could never believe the Centorin military, the most powerful the human race had ever known, could ever be wary of the power of any person or organization on Kassidor. He was quite sure the note to that effect that TongSu found when looking up the wizard Brancettrabble was written by a Kassidorian and had to be hyperbole. There were no weapons of any power here, nothing beyond a crossbow. Thinking they could stand against the weapons and warships of Centorin was ludicrous.

He was still sure of it at the end. The wizard's palace was not as impressive as the ring of Trenst or the campus of the Kassikan. They had been treated well, almost royally. The only clue to what had really happened was the calendars of the remaining planet seemed to have lost a week.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee Willard
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005180805
• Artikelnr.: 72788180

Autorenporträt

I am a retired embedded systems engineer and sci-fi hobbyist from Hartford. Most of my stories concern Kassidor, 'The planet the hippies came from' which I have used to examine subjects like: What would it take to make the hippy lifestyle real? How would extended lifespans affect society? What could happen if we outlive our memories? How can murder be committed when violence is impossible?

I have recently discovered that someone new to science fiction should start their exploration of Kassidor with the Second Expedition trilogy. To the mainstream fiction reader the alien names of people, places and things can be confusing. This series has a little more explanation of the differences between Kassidor and Earth. In all of the Kassidor stories you will notice the people do not act like ordinary humans but like flower children from the 60's. It is not until Zhlindu that the actual modifications made to human nature to make them act that way are spelled out. To aide that understanding I've made The Second Expedition free.

I am not a fan of violence and dystopia. I believe that sci-fi does not just predict the future, but helps create the future because we sci-fi writers show our readers what the future will be and the readers go out and create it. I believe that the current fad of constant dystopia and mega-violence in sci-fi today is helping to create that world, and I mention that often in reviews and comments on the books I read. I also believe that the characters in those stories who are completely free of any affection are at least as unnatural as the modified humans of Kassidor.

In my reviews, * = couldn't finish it. ** = Don't bother with it. *** = good story worth reading. **** = great and memorable story. ***** = Worth a Hugo.