Gambling With Galaxies

"If you want a swashbuckling story of the spaceways, with romance and humour, this is it..� Jale is the charismatic captain of the space hearse Rigor Mortis, ably assisted by his first mate who is an android version of Sherlock Holmes.� This surrealistic pair have, however, a very practical job: find who is decimating the Milky Way with the dread disease CLAG.� This kills by simply exploding its victims.� The plot curdles when our two heroes discover a pretty stowaway, Pippin, who forsakes her beloved garden to go careening across the Galaxy with Jale.� This reviewer likes to be entertained, and the book certainly does that.� The storyline is fast-paced and funny, but occasionally the characters cast psychological shadows on it from their troubles pasts.� Nevertheless, it is hard not to identify with Jale, Sherlock and Pippin as they struggle against massive odds to protect the people of the Milky Way from the ravages of the CLAG disease.� Better is that you get a drink and ride along in the Rigor Mortis as it gambles and gambols among the galaxies.." -Isaac Asinine (Times of Trantor)