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In the distant Heracles system, at the edge of explored space, the last remaining crew of the infamous Crimson Star pirates have found themselves trapped. Civil war has broken out, and the jumpgates that supply interstellar travel have been shut down to all but official traffic.Their leader, ex-math professor TYBALT, is desperate to escape the system and attempt an experimental cure for the degenerative nervous condition that got him fired in the first place.Their pilot, former mobster STAFF, clings to the hope that he can reconstitute the pirate fleet and return them to their former glory.Their surgeon, the ascetic psychic TAMORA, has grown disillusioned with their lifestyle and wants to return home to her monastery and to her simple life of meditation.Their enforcer, retired military AI robot NICODEMUS, could never find employment after retiring as anything except a janitor ... until a law enforcement agent approached him about using his military skills to infiltrate and take down an infamous pirate group.They are the last of the Crimson Star pirates. And they are pursued by the legendary lawman NEIL TESSO, whose decades of service are liberally sprinkled with stunning victories. With the increased pirate activity in his home system, as well as the civil war, the Core government on old Earth is threatening martial law. Desperate to avert the arrival of the insidious Inquisitors and the suffering that follows like a plague, Tesso pursues the pirates with zealous vigor.
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"I knew of CS Ferguson as a game designer, so I was curious to see what he’s like as a novelist. And ... wow! This book does not disappoint. Quirky characters range from a retired infantry Android who lists his post-service career as “janitor†but specializes in cleaning up messy situations, to an ex-mathematics professor turned pirate, to an overweight bearded starship pilot who can fly the legendary AI starship Crimson Star better than she can fly herself. And that’s just the start. Ferguson’s playful imagination combines with a dead serious tone to produce a sci fi universe that is detailed, believable, endlessly fascinating, and unfortunately not very friendly. But always, always, worth turning the page. For a first mass market novel, this one is a slam dunk."
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Devils and Black Sheep Wild Space C S Ferguson Books Reviews
- I knew of CS Ferguson as a game designer, so I was curious to see what he’s like as a novelist. And ... wow! This book does not disappoint. Quirky characters range from a retired infantry Android who lists his post-service career as “janitor†but specializes in cleaning up messy situations, to an ex-mathematics professor turned pirate, to an overweight bearded starship pilot who can fly the legendary AI starship Crimson Star better than she can fly herself. And that’s just the start. Ferguson’s playful imagination combines with a dead serious tone to produce a sci fi universe that is detailed, believable, endlessly fascinating, and unfortunately not very friendly. But always, always, worth turning the page. For a first mass market novel, this one is a slam dunk.
- C. S. Ferguson starts a tale of Devils & Black Sheep (hard from WordFire Press) of the four crew members of the Crimson Star pirate fleet, now down to one ship. Trapped in a system with the jumpgates have been shut down because a major battle of a civil war was fought in orbit over the main planet. One of the crew, AI robot Nicodemus who is their fighter, has been secretly informing on them to the authorities. Their physician Tamora is a natural psychic at a time when a drug creating artificial psychics is at the heart of the civil war. Disparate to bribe their way out of the system, they rob another pirate of its cargo, one crate, that turns out to be very valuable. Lawman Neil Tesso is near retirement and wants to clean up the system before the core sends an Inquisitor, psychics known to kill thousands. I only hope that the rest of the story to tell what was in the crate. I eagerly wait the sequel.
