A Grift Too Far

Rex Nihilo #5

by Robert Kroese

Interstellar con man and his longsuffering robotic sidekick Sasha find themselves behind enemy lines, under fire, and over their heads in their craziest adventure yet!

205 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 30, 2024

About the author

Robert Kroese's sense of irony was honed growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan - home of the Amway Corporation and the Gerald R. Ford Museum, and the first city in the United States to fluoridate its water supply. In second grade, he wrote his first novel, the saga of Captain Bill and his spaceship Thee Eagle. This turned out to be the high point of his academic career. After barely graduating from Calvin College in 1992 with a philosophy degree, he was fired from a variety of jobs before moving to California, where he stumbled into software development. As this job required neither punctuality nor a sense of direction, he excelled at it. In 2009, he called upon his extensive knowledge of useless information and love of explosions to write his first novel, Mercury Falls. Since then, he has written 18 more books.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's more sexual than any previous entry, and it goes off the rails in the third act when
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Our dynamic duo fails to just demand some spaceship fuel from the government flunkies they are blackmailing?

[Ramona · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Uh,” said Rex. “Well, Colonel, uh….”
“Taloni, sir. Full name is Johnny Johnny Bo Bonnie Banana Fana Fo Fonnie, Me My Mo Monnie Taloni. It’s Italian.”
“It’s something, all right.”
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[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun series

Listening to Red spin up tales on the fly is highly entertaining. The fact that even Red believes his crazy stories tells you everything you need to know about Rex.

Sasha must be paying penance for some horrific crime to be "punished" with being partnered with Rex.

[hirkiti · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s been years since I’ve read the last one. I hope they were not as bad as this. Could not finish this one. Jokes are so bad and repetitive. Audiobook narrator is terrible. This one was a poor WWII spoof and I suspect the next will be a western spoof so I’m not sure not even going to try it…

[Onionboy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This had a silly premise that was stretched probably a bit too far into a full book. But as usual, there are so many funny lines, that it makes up for the rest. I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much funnier than the last one

[Becky L Long · Rating 4 out of 5]

audiobook. another golden installment of the rex nihilo series. this series isn't for everyone but holy crap it's hilarious if you like your space opera with a heavy helping of dry humor.