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From Luke Rhinehart, author of the cult novel The Dice Man, a sci-fi adventure delivers a challenging, satirical look at how our civilization looks to aliens from another universe.
Super-intelligent hairy beach balls suddenly appear from another universe, creatures that can change shapes into anything from a small alligator to a centipede to an eyeless four-foot human. And they’ve come to earth to play.
Pretty weird. That’s what old codger Billy Morton thinks when “Louie” lands in his fishing boat and follows him home. He, his wife and two boys come quickly to love this playful alien, but when “Louie” starts using their computer to hack into government and corporate accounts, learn all that NSA knows, and steal millions from banks to give to others, they realize that Louie and his friends mean trouble. The life of Billy and his family begins a roller-coaster ride of fame, fortune, jail, death, resurrection, and a distinguished ranking high on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” List.
The Government soon decides that all these aliens, even though most of them seem interested in only harmless play, are terrorists. They must be eliminated. This monumental “war” involves the full weight of the American Powers that Be against less than a few hundred on Louie’s team. They are playing games they hope will help humans to see the insanity of the American political, economic and military systems. The Powers that Be don’t play games. They make war.
In this funny yet fiercely satirical story, Luke Rhinehart has created his most original, provocative, and entertaining novel since his international cult novel, The Dice Man.
Luke Rhinehart is the acclaimed author of eight works of fiction, of which the best known (licensed in 25 territories worldwide) is The Dice Man, a comic novel about a psychiatrist’s discovery that the secret of human fulfillment and happiness is to turn over decision-making to chance in the form of listing options and casting dice.
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Published 2016-09-06 by Titan Books |