Starship Grifters (A Rex Nihilo Adventure)

"My favorite read this year. A hilarious space adventure. Hard book to put down." ―Hugh Howey, author of Wool A space-faring ne'er-do-well with more bravado than brains, Rex Nihilo plies the known universe in a tireless quest for his own personal gain. But when he fleeces a wealthy weapons dealer in a high-stakes poker game, he ends up winning a worthless planet...and owing an outstanding debt more vast than space itself! The only way for Rex to escape a lifetime of torture on the prison world Gulagatraz is to score a big payday by pulling off his biggest scam. But getting mixed up in the struggle between the tyrannical Malarchian Empire and the plucky rebels of the Revolting Front―and trying to double-cross them both―may be his biggest mistake. Luckily for Rex, his frustrated but faithful robot sidekick has the cyber-smarts to deal with buxom bounty hunters, pudgy princesses, overbearing overlords, and interstellar evangelists...while still keeping Rex's martini glass filled. Praise for Starship Grifters "My favorite read this year. A hilarious space adventure. Hard book to put down." ―Hugh Howey, author of Wool "Starship Grifters... is not just the funniest SF novel I've read in decades, it may be the funniest I've read ever.... Funnier than Harry Harrison's Bill the Galactic Hero series, and [it] may even match Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker series."―Travis Corcoran, Prometheus Award-winning author of The Powers of the Earth "Starship Grifters is one of the funniest things I've ever experienced. It is certainly the funniest book I've read."―N.R. LaPoint, author of Chalk "Laugh-out loud funny. I loved every page of it. If you like sci-fi and laughter, this is the book for you!"―Rob Blackwell, author of The Forest of Forever "This is a funny, funny book. It is loveably absurd and ridiculously extravagant."―Benjamin Espen "Damn, I laughed.... This novel is funny, and should be approached only by those looking for a damn good reason to laugh."―John Daulton "Funny SF is tricky. Funny SF that holds up over an entire novel is a rarity. The writing in this book is sharp, tight, and clever. I laughed out loud enough to lose track of tally or occurrence. In a word, this novel is SMART."―SFFAudio.com "It's kind of like Foucault's Pendulum in space but without 500 pages of Italians discussing European history."―Castalia House "Kroese is the premier writer of humorous genre fiction in the indie sphere."―J. Manfred Weichsel, author of Five Maidens on the Pentagram