Flagship (Starship, Book 5)

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The date is 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man's growing military and economic power. The rebel starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, under the command of Wilson Cole, is preparing to lead Cole's ragtag armada into the Republic, even though he is outnumbered thousands to one. Cole is convinced that the government has become an arrogant and unfeeling political entity and must be overthrown. The trick is to avoid armed conflict with the vast array of ships, numbering in the millions, in the Republic's Navy. For a time Cole's forces strike from cover and race off to safety, but he soon sees that is no way to conquer the mightiest political and military machine in the history of the galaxy. He realises that he must reach Deluros VIII, the headquarters world of the Republic (and of the race of Man), in order to have any effect on the government at all - but Deluros VIII is the best-protected world in the Republic. But a new threat looms on the horizon. Cole, the Valkyrie, David Copperfield, Sharon Blacksmith, Jacovic, and the rest of the crew of the Teddy R face their greatest challenge yet, and the outcome will determine the fate of the entire galaxy.

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Customer Reviews

Unbelievable
If you were to read books of the "Starship" series one-after-the-other, you would find a tremendous about of repeated material -- themes, expressions, situations, even paragraphs lifted from one book and pasted into a later one. Indeed, if I had a nickel for every time the captain wished he had 50 'Vals' so that he could conquer the Republic . . . Well, you get my drift.

The last book, "Flagship" is so unbelievable it's pitiful. A Republic with 60,000 inhabited planets has a central administrative world that can be take by surprise by not just one, but two different small military forces is a nonsense.

I really am sorry I bought the last two books, especially for the price they are offered as kindle books. I would recommend other readers find other examples of space opera to follow, and abandon this one.

2010-07-01 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 2

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Shame on me
Deus ex machina

Latin for "god from the machine"; is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new character, ability, or object.

Never mind the plot inconsistencies and the poor character development, the real kicker in this book was the incredibly contrived plot device to wrap up the series. The coincidental timing of the attack by the previously unknown aliens was just dreadful.

Now, I admit it. I read the whole series, mainly because they were light and fluffy, very easy to pick up and very easy to put down. White bread books really. I should have stopped after the first book, but I like to give an author more than one book, plus, the good reviews fooled me and led me on. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice (or five times), shame on me. Never again shall I read one of your books Mr. Resnick.

Try reading the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell instead.

2010-05-23 | gibsong (Sydney, New South Wales Australia) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 1

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Flagship (Starship, Book 5) by Mike Resnick
A++, very good part of the series which is a must read. Dana Van Valin in Colorado

2010-05-18 | Van Valin (Colorado Springs USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Another Resnick Home Run!
I've been a huge fan of Resnick's since his ground-breaking "Birthright: The Book of Man" release many years ago. Since then he's never failed to please to one degree or another, with (IMO) his best works set in his "Birthright" universe.

This novel takes place in that universe, and is the 5th of a series. I can't go into the plot much without giving things away, but I can say that his characters are utterly believable and completely "human" when it makes sense and "not human" when they're aliens. His settings are fleshed out and "feel" right, and the motives and actions of everybody make sense both within the story and within the larger "Birthright" universe.

A rollicking space adventure that has a bit of everything--betrayal, space battles, insane plans, pointless brutality, good guys, bad guys, and guys with decidedly mixed motivations.

Highly recommended.

2010-04-25 | Ferretman (Colorado Springs, CO United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Highly recommended for prior fans of Resnick's Starship encounters
Starship: Flagship is Book 5 of Mike Resnick's 'Starship' series and is set in 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, when the rebel starship Theodore Roosevelt prepares to lead Cole's armada into the Republic even though outnumbered. New threats bring the crew their greatest challenge yet in a military science fiction encounter highly recommended for prior fans of Resnick's Starship encounters.

2010-03-15 (Oregon, WI USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Starship: Rebel (Starship, Book 4)

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The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, dominated by the human race, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation.

Almost a year has passed since the events of Starship: Mercenary. Captain Wilson Cole now commands a fleet of almost fifty ships, and he has become the single greatest military force on the Inner Frontier.

With one exception. The Republic still comes and goes as it pleases, taking what it wants, conscripting men, and extorting taxes, even though the Frontier worlds receive nothing in exchange. And, of course, the government still wants Wilson Cole and the starship Theodore Roosevelt. He has no interest in confronting such an overwhelming force, and constantly steers clear of them.

Then an incident occurs that changes everything, and Cole declares war on the Republic. Outnumbered and always outgunned, his fleet is no match for the Republic's millions of military vessels, even after he forges alliances with the warlords he previously hunted down.

It's a hopeless cause...but that's just what Wilson Cole and the Teddy R. are best at.

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Customer Reviews

Starship: Rebel
A++, very good part of the series which is a must read. Dana Van Valin in Colorado

2010-05-18 | Van Valin (Colorado Springs USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Excellent Military Sci-Fi
A grand space opera set in the Resnick "Birthright" universe.

You won't find much better writing in the military sci-fi genre, this is an excellent story about one of the turning points in Man's history in the galaxy.

Highly recommended.

2010-04-30 | Ferretman (Colorado Springs, CO United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Fast-paced action makes this a military thriller perfect for science fiction collections
STARSHIP: REBEL is book four in Mike Resnick's series is set in 1968 of the Galactic Era, nearly 2,000 years from now when a Republic dominated by the human race is in the midst of war. A year has passed since the events of the prior STARSHIP: MERCENARY, and Captain Cole now commands a fleet ... and is still wanted by the government. Fast-paced action makes this a military thriller perfect for science fiction collections.

2009-07-19 (Oregon, WI USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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An Intelligent and Engrossing Space Opera
This is the first book by Mr. Resnick that I've read and it left me wanting to read the three books before it in the series. Instead of blast and bombast a la John Ringo and friends, Resnick offers a saga of a good man fighting against odds but NOT fighting impossible odds and NOT engaging in wondrous but farfetched deeds of derring-do to win though to success.

Three books back, Captain Wilson Cole rebelled against the giant and bellicose Empire when as captain of an Imperial vessel he was ordered to massacre defenseless civilians in order to terrorize them into submission. By book four (this one), he is a successful mercenary with a fleet of approximately fifty ships: his is one of the two largest military forces along the untamed Inner Frontier. When an Imperial captain captures, tortures and murders his closets friend, a three-legged alien named Forrice, and Imperial ships wipe out a planet and two million people because they don't divulge Cole's whereabouts, Wilson goes on a rampage. He knows it is only a matter of time before the Imperials bomb other planets and space stations in an effort to find out where Cole's fleet is so he moves to preemption. What follows is straight old-fashioned space opera, but tempered by a healthy dose of realism. Cole is an appealing (and humane) hero, his colleagues are well-limned, and the action escalates steadily.

I came across E. E. Smith's Lensman series when I was thirteen --sixty years ago. I devoured them --I loved the action and the scope and the bold heroism displayed in the books. But I was turned off by the sophomoric way in which everyone talked in those books and the technical parts seemed jerryrigged, even to someone as young and True a Believer as I was then. I moved away from science fiction (a) when I discovered girls and (b) as my reading tastes matured. I've come back (part way) in recent years because there is some truly excellent writing going on in science fiction and fantasy now, and I enjoy escapist fiction just as much as I did as a young man. I intend to read the first three books in this series and I suspect I will get as much pleasure from them as I have from this one. Resnick deserves to stand up with the more mature writers of space opera today. Though I don't find him quite as good a writer as Peter Hamilton, Richard K. Morgan, Alistair Reynolds, or (the most sophisticated writer of the lot) Iain Banks, he's well worth reading.

2009-05-13 | David Keymer (Modesto CA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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good read
I don't know why I decided to read Book 1 of Resnicks series.After finishing book 4,I still don't know why.The only thing that I can say is that I really enjoyed all 4 and can't wait for the fifth installment.The caste of characters are unusual and somewhat comic-bookish (nothing wrong with that at all),but they are very entertaining.I strongly recommend these books and might figure out why after Book 10.

2009-02-19 | wanz (mount carmel,pa.) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 5

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Starship: Pirate (Starship, Book 2)

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The date is 1967 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation. After his latest exploit saved millions of lives but embarrassed his superiors, Captain Wilson Cole, a man with a reputation for exceeding orders but getting results, found himself the victim of the media feeding frenzy, a political scapegoat despite years of dedicated military service. Faced with a court martial, he was rescued by the loyal crew of his ship, the Theodore Roosevelt. Now branded mutineers, the crew of the Teddy R. has quit the Republic, never to return.

Seeking to find a new life for themselves, Wilson Cole and comrades remake the Teddy R. as a pirate ship and set sail for the lawless Inner Frontier. Here, powerful warlords, cut-throat pirates, and struggling colonies compete for survival in a game where you rarely get a second chance to learn the rules. But military discipline is poor preparation for a life of pillaging and plundering, and Cole’s principles naturally limit his targets. Seeking an education on the nature of piracy, Cole hunts more knowledgeable players. Enter the beautiful but deadly Valkyrie, Val for short, and the enigmatic alien fence known as David Copperfield. But hanging over everything is the fearsome alien pirate—the Hammerhead Shark.

With Starship: Pirate, five-time Hugo winner Mike Resnick continues the story begun in his very first military SF. Will the galaxy ever be the same?

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Customer Reviews

Continues to Entertain
Space opera does not get better then this. How does a moral man deal with the economic and moral realities of being a pirate? This book answers that question with humor and thoughtful contemplation. It's nice to see the struggle play out amongst the characters as Wilson Cole continues to guide the fortunes of the crew of the Teddy Roosevelt. An excellent sequel.

2010-04-16 (Monroe, GA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Fun and Easy Read
I enjoyed Starship: Pirate as a sequel. It advances the story of Cole Wilson and his crew as they take on the challenges of the next leg of their journey. It was a fun read and it begins to flesh out the universe they live in. Cole continues to be the smart and insightful leader you expect, although he is not perfect and even he can't think of everything.

I continue to enjoy the easy style of writing that Mike Resnick employs. This was a book that I read in two or three sittings as I travelled between cities. You will get more out of it if you read the series in order, but if you enjoyed the first book, then book 2 will not disappoint.

2010-04-15 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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starship pirate
This book starts as a followup of the mutiny book but soon becomes boring, I stopped reading about mid way.

2009-10-27 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Mike Resnick Does it Again
It's impossible for Mike Resnick to write a bad book and this is no exception. Easy reading. Nice plot. Another great read!

2008-09-24 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Sublime Entertainment Perfection
This here's yet another winner from Mike Resnick. I loved the first book and this one is even better, and am eagerly looking forward to the next book in the series.

2007-11-21 | FurNTats (Indiana) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Starship: Mutiny (Starship, Book 1) (Bk. 1)

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The date is 1966 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man’s growing military and economic power. The main battles are taking place in the Spiral Arm and toward the Core, but far out on the Rim, the Theodore Roosevelt is one of three ships charged with protecting the Phoenix Cluster, a group of seventy-three inhabited worlds. Old, battered, some of its weapon systems outmoded, the Teddy R. is a ship that would have been decommissioned years ago if a war wasn’t raging. Its crew is composed of retreads, discipline cases, and a few raw recruits. But a new officer has been transferred to the Teddy R. His name is Wilson Cole, and he comes with a reputation for heroics and disobedience. Twice he has ignored or exceeded his orders—both times he has presented the Republic with unexpected triumphs, and both times he has had his ship and crew shot out from under him. Now, he’s been banished to the Teddy R., where he will be a mere second officer, behind Captain Makeo Fujiama and Executive Officer Podok, a fierce Polonoi female.

Tensions rise on the Teddy R., discipline is lax, and Wilson Cole is not a man to sit idly by as a war rages elsewhere. But the Phoenix Cluster is the last place in the galaxy that the enemy would think of attacking. Or is it? With Starship: Mutiny, five-time Hugo winner Mike Resnick brings his prodigious imagination to bear on his very first military SF. Will the galaxy ever be the same?

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Customer Reviews

Kind of Bland
The author starts off with a pretty good beginning, then he lost me: it just wasn't very realistic to me. Here is aynopsis of the story in three long sentences:

The good guy has a discipline problem and despite being the most decorated military person ever, is banished to a nowhere post, and will be sentenced to life in priosn for insubordination despite saving the day. Meanwhile, the evil first officer now captain literally kills a couple of million people by blowing up a planet and will only be demoted one grade in rank. In the end, our hero is rescued from a maximum security prison by literally walking out, where he then takes over his former space ship with a mutinous crew - all wrapping up the adventure by starting ro repaint the ship as a modern day pirate ship where we can now milk out several more books.

There is a lot of good science fiction out there to spend your money on - save your ten bucks on this book on something else.

2010-07-21 (Houston, TX) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2

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Not deep but entertaining.....
The story is entertaining but not a deep soap opera type. It is enjoyable though.

2010-06-01 (Central Florida, USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Second worst book I've ever read.
This is the second-worst book I've read in my entire life. It barely deserves the name -- from the paper-thin characters to the Deus Ex Machina plot elements, this poorly authored bit of garbage reads more like a narration of a third grade boy's daydreams than a published work.

2010-05-28 (College Station, TX) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1

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Starship Mutiny
excellent escape fiction. good dialogue / interesting characters / predictable but not transparent plot. Along the lines of early Clive Cussler

2010-05-18 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Excellent Space Opera
This book is space opera, pure and simple. I read this to be entertained, and I was. The author does not bog down the reader with technical jargon that has no relation to the plot. The character development is realistic and well done, and speaking as someone who has been in uniform most of his adult life, rarely do very good officers get their just rewards. Instead politics rule the day. It's nice to see one man fight the system and win, even on his own terms. A very good read, a fine start to an excellent series.

2010-04-16 (Monroe, GA USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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Starship: Mercenary (Starship, Book 3)

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The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation. Captain Wilson Cole, a man with a reputation for exceeding orders but getting results, found himself the victim of a media feeding frenzy, a political scapegoat despite years of dedicated military service. Faced with a court martial, he was rescued by the loyal crew of his ship, the Theodore Roosevelt. Branded mutineers, the Teddy R. has quit the Republic, never to return.

Seeking to find a new life, Wilson Cole first remade the Teddy R. as a pirate ship plying the spaceways of the lawless Inner Frontier. But military discipline and honor were a poor match for a life of pillaging and plundering, and Cole's principles naturally limited his targets. Seeking a better way of life, the Teddy R. becomes a mercenary ship, hiring out to the highest bidder. Whether it's evacuating a hospital before war can reach it, freeing a client from an alien prison, or stopping a criminal cartel from extorting money from a terrified planet, the crew of the Teddy R. proves equal to the task. Along the way they form a partnership with the once human Platinum Duke, team up with a former enemy, and make the unique Singapore Station their headquarters.

But the life of a mercenary is not always predictable, and eventually circumstance pits Cole and the Teddy R. against his right-hand woman, the former Pirate Queen known as the Valkyrie. Soon the fragile trust that has grown between these two legends is put to the test as they find themselves on opposite sides of a job.

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Customer Reviews

Starship: Mercenary
A++, very good part of the series which is a must read. Dana Van Valin in Colorado

2010-05-18 | Van Valin (Colorado Springs USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Not available in the UK!
Why are the other titles in this series available internationally yet this one isn't. I've read the first two books and now find I can't buy the third one. It's stupidity like this that makes owning a kindle so frustrating! Come on Amazon sort it out please!

2010-02-20 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 3

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Unavailable on Kindle
I have just bought books 1, 2 and 4 of the Starship series for the Kindle, and was horrified to discover that book 3 is not available online. Be forewarned!

The 1-star rating is not indicative of the quality of the book, which I have obviously not read, but rather of the distribution arrangements.

2009-09-18 | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 1

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Fantastic Conclusion to an Excellent Series!
I can't recommend this series enough, frankly. Resnick has built a fascinating "future history" with his "Birthright" universe, and this book (the third of three) is set smack in the middle of it.

Highly recommended for any space opera or military science fiction fans.

2008-08-02 | Ferretman (Colorado Springs, CO United States) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5

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good addition to the series
I liked this book because it was fast paced action, and easy reading. Awaiting the next installlment

2008-05-10 | SciFi Fanactic (SF, CA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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Stalking the Dragon: A Fable of Tonight (John Justin Mallory Mystery)

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It is Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early and taking his partner, Colonel Winnifred Carruthers, out to dinner, since he's sure no one else will do so. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits them. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the next day, and his dragon, Fluffy, the heavy favourite, has been kidnapped. Mallory's nocturnal hunt for the miniature dragon takes him to some of the stranger sections of this Manhattan - Greenwitch Village (which is right around the corner from Greenwich Village and is populated by witches and covens); a wax museum where figures of Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre come alive; Gracie Mansion (which is haunted by the ghosts of former mayors); and the Bureau of Missing Creatures, a movie set where they're filming a PBS documentary on zombies and various other denizens of the Manhattan night. As Mallory follows the leads and hunts for clues, he comes up against one dead end after another. Along the way he meets a few old friends and enemies, and a host of strange new inhabitants of this otherworldly Manhattan. Aided by a strange goblin named Jeeves, Mallory has only one night to find a tiny dragon that's hidden somewhere in a city of seven million.

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Customer Reviews

Passable mystery, but bad fantasy
An amusing enough book, and a decent enough mystery, but it annoyed from page 1 to the end. People in a fantasy universe still have to behave in a reasonable way for their universe. To pick on one chapter, in chapter 11, a store owner tries to sell a customer who wants one pound of hamburger 80,000 pounds of diplodocus. Why? No rational reason; apparently it was supposed to be funny. John Justin Mallory (the detective) then goes and threatens the shop owner for information, despite the fact he's supposed to be a contact and you reward contacts for bringing you information. At least you do if you want them to work for you again.

In fact, and this really stuck in my craw, John Justin Mallory threatens everyone he comes across, to the point of invading businesses with a cover charge by force. There's no persuasion or flattery; the one time it really fails, he calls on the Grundy as a threat. However realistic it may be in the setting, and I have a hard time believing that any cheap PI and his cat-girl could get away with it, it's sort of disturbing, especially as the book presents him as hero.

To top this off, the ending is anti-climatic; Mallory has to show Fluffy in the ring, and spends 15 pages in doing it without drama. An appendix full of random in-world stuff is tacked on, giving Resnick a chance to make cheap shots at Democrats and Obama in particular (and really what the hell?), finishing off with a four page bio that makes him out to be the greatest science-fiction author of all time.

2010-02-15 (Lowell, Massachusetts) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1

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Fluffy the dragon is missing
And John Justin Mallory is on the case.

The leading contender in the Eastminister show has gone missing. The owner has hired John Justin Mallory, his partner Winifred Carruthers, and their usual tagalongs, Felina the cat person, a new character just wants John Justin to hold her and punch her buttons, the dragon's gremlin handler, and others. To complicate things, the Grundy, the most powerful demon on the East Coast has involved himself and hired our hero to find the dragon too.

Resnick's Manhattan is a lot livelier than ours (and that's saying something), even when the undead are involved. Goblins hawking anything they can from any ally, pet chimeras, elephant taxis, and other fantastic bits fill the backdrop to a fast paced but other worldly mystery. In the end, John Justin solves the case and goes head to head with the Grundy.

This one wasn't quite as lively as the first two in this series. As John Justin spends more time in the other Manhattan, the extraordinary becomes mundane. Despite this, it was an excellent tale with a light-hearted spin on a fantasy hard-boiled, noir mystery.

Great reading fantasy mystery.

E.M. Van Court

2010-02-08 | Van, emvc (at) lycos.com (Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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tiresome and repetitious
Was cute in the beginning but soon became tiresome and repetitious. A lot of the banter reminded me of George Burns and Gracie Allen.

They went to many places looking for and not finding the dragon. It was always the same routine walking in and coming out of these places. The con goblins. The ever hungry cat-thing and everything scared to death of John Justin's cat-thing, all she had to do was raise her little paw and extend her claws. Over and over and over.

2009-10-21 (ORegon) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 1

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Hard boiled PI in Fantasy Land
Another satisfying John Justin Mallory adventure.
This time the decidedly odd crew is out to find a kidnapped (dragonnapped??) miniature show dragon named Fluffy.

Things would go so much faster if the street goblins selling totally useless junk would get out of the way and people would stop trying to put bullets into Mallory.

With The Grundy paying the tab, a zombie collector for a bookie, a fat candy lover, a horny cell phone, a martial arts goblin, and the always hungry Felina in tow, Mallory travels to such famous New York locations as Frump Tower and the Vampire State building. (Well, famous in THAT New York).

Mallory's deadpan wise cracks make the trip interesting, and the story has some strange turns down some weird streets in a New York that's been turned about a bubble and a half off kilter.

2009-08-31 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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jocular urban noir
In Manhattan, many folks look forward to the Eastminster Dragon Show. The favorite to win the Best in Show award at the competition this year is Fluffy the toy dragon. However, on the eve of the event, someone abducts Fluffy.

Private investigator John Justin Mallory still struggles with adjusting to a New York City unlike the one he comes from as the mythos do not live in his birth Big Apple. He is hired to find and rescue Fluffy in time for the show. Accompanied by his staff Felina and Jeeves, Mallory investigates the snatch even as time is running out on Fluffy making an appearance let alone be ready to win

The third Mallory in a rather different Manhattan is a jocular urban noir (see STALKING THE UNICORN and STALKING THE VAMPIRE) because of Mike Resnick's lampooning of the city starting with the Eastminster Dragon Show and a trip to "Greenwitch Village". The investigation is a lighthearted and engaging tour of an alternate Manhattan. Although the plot is lighthearted Fluffy fun thin, fans will enjoy Mallory and his team as they are STALKING THE DRAGON to rescue the toy dragon in time as the show must go on with or without the star.

Harriet Klausner

2009-08-29 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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