A Sci Fi Comedy With High-Mileage Heroines
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Pages: 234
She’s got one planet to save, zero patience, and no clue what a latte is.
Planet Hy Man is running on empty, and Earth is their only hope. Not that Mex cares, she's ready to hang up her catsuit and watch the galaxy pass by. But when she is ordered to save Planet Hy Man or kiss her pension goodbye, she pulls on her leathers and heads to Scotland.
With no idea what the Scots are saying, let alone what a fry-up is, Mex combs Glasgow for 'the formula'. Confused, disoriented, and with a growing love for vodka, she hits an obstacle that knocks her for six…
Legless, an ancient Planet Hy Man footman, has hidden ‘the formula'. A footman who had supposedly died decades ago, back in the days when phones were anything but mobile and TV screens were anything but flat. A footman now as elusive as the proverbial missing car keys,
Will Mex find him in time, and if she does, will he be too Scottish to understand?
Rebel Without A Clue is the fourth in the Planet Hy Man comedy series. If you like Terry Pratchett's satire and Douglas Adams' absurdity, then buy today and blast into a battle of the sexes.
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Genres:
Tropes: Bad Robot, Band of Misfits, Cross-Species Friendships, Fallen Hero, Fish Out of Water, Good Robots
Word Count: 69000
Setting: Planet Hy Man and Scotland
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Bad Robot, Band of Misfits, Cross-Species Friendships, Fallen Hero, Fish Out of Water, Good Robots
Word Count: 69000
Setting: Planet Hy Man and Scotland
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
At half past one on a Saturday morning, Mex arrived in Glasgow. With a small bump, she landed in a bus shelter two feet away from Woody, a dwarf, who was peeing in the corner. Woody stopped, staggered, and, like a sheep on ice, skidded to the floor. His backpack burst open and its contents scattered onto the pavement.
He stared up at the vision before him. She towered over him, a giant, Gothic gran squeezed into a leather outfit even Catwoman would think twice about wearing. Woody was scared, curious, and confused. Is she on the pull? He decided to lay off his mother’s antidepressants for a while, worried he was hallucinating.
Mex eyed him curiously.
READ MOREHe was collapsed in the corner like a garbage bag, wearing a facial expression she had seen many times. She sighed and looked at the contents of his backpack spread out on the ground—a book, a pen, and a packet of Quavers. She picked up the Quavers and, after a good shake followed by a sniff, tossed the packet back on the ground and then lifted the book like it was a specimen jar to be examined.
“You read these?” she said, with no interest in the answer.
Woody gulped and silently watched as Mex slid his prized Terry Pratchett into her breast pocket and pulled out a whip from her side belt.
Oh, Jesus.
The whip cracked itself around his waist and hoisted him up.
Mary Mother of God . . .
The whip twirled him around in the air and dropped him gently onto his feet—away from the piss.
“I’ll be good,” promised Woody. “I’ll go to church.”
The whip unwound from his waist and began to hover about Woody’s open fly like a rattlesnake ready to pounce.
Saint Christopher Columbus . . . The tip of the whip hooked itself around the fly lever.
“Oh. Oh. Oooh. Arrrrrh!”
Then it zipped up his fly and, with a playful tap, led Woody from the bus shelter. Woody, confused by mixed sensations of fear and pleasure, stumbled away as Mex flicked the whip back into its holder.
Woody didn’t turn back once; he didn’t dare. Even when whoever she was began to yell about “latrines” and the like, he didn’t turn back. Fear pushed him forward, away from what, he had no idea, but he knew he wasn’t hallucinating.
No matter how much dope he had had, she was real.
COLLAPSERebel Without a Clue is book 4 in author Kerrie Noor's newest series.
"A Sc fi, chick lit comedy about the battle of the sexes"...with a huge sardonic twist. Kerrie Noor writes with an 'oh no she didn't' humor.Planet Hy Man's legend...'1958, Legless visits women of Earth'. Fifty years ago men on Planet Hy Man became second class citizens. No longer needed for reproduction males have not been repopulated. The government, a group of women way beyond 'retirement age' are having a power struggle.
Most everything is outlawed, except for this small group. Food is processed from hemp. There is now concern that Earth Might Decide to invade. Mex, a warrior, also close to retirement, and her android, Pete, are sent on a spy mission. To Earth.
They first meet Woody, a sci fi fan. The three heroes of this extravagant laugh out loud tale encounter one bumbling mishap after another.
Mex resembles a muscular granny in a leather cat suit with utility belt. Her trusty weapon, a whip. Pete made of Teflon so flexible, he resembles a golden yoga master. Woody, a camo wearing dwarf with dreadlocks. How much trouble can be caused/found ?!?Oh So Entertainingly Much !¡! Head scratching, tongue in cheek, in your face, gaffe wonderment. I received this book as an ARC. I am voluntarily posting this review. So glad this will be a series !!!
Shortlisted in the e-book Page Turner awards 2020
