Sunday, June 21, 2020

Off the Bookshelf: DRAGON PLANET, by Dan Wells

Audiobook
Audible Original

Sequel to ZERO G

Another radio drama/dramatized novella.

Did I mention last time that Dan Wells is a member of the Writing Excuses podcast team? I really enjoy SEEING what writing teachers produce, practicing what they preach. And yeah, it's a fun story!

At the end of ZERO G, Zero and Nyx awakened to find out their ship had arrived at the colony world, and the governor was thanking them for intervening when pirates tried to commandeer the ship, all its colonization equipment, and take the colonists as slaves.

Now, it's time to get out there and explore their new world.

Only not so fast ... the gravity is 1/6 of Earth's, the atmosphere is breathable, but not for long, and some severe windstorms are bearing down on them. With air that's thick and heavy, a wind storm is dangerous. Plus there's a problem of missing, vital equipment.

Zero and Nyx decide to investigate. They bested a crew of pirates, after all. But this time they might be in over their heads, as an accidental confrontation with the thieves leads to them being thrown out across a hostile landscape like Dorothy -- but this new planet is far more dangerous than Oz. Instead of a wicked witch, they have alien creatures, especially dragons, and thieves who have everything to lose if the two friends manage to tell the authorities what they're doing.

More, please?

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