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Alien Assassin
Al Lancaster narrowly escapes death by laser at the opening of a memory crystal library on Thixen only to discover that a greedy Alien has unleashed a 'mind virus' that turns people who use memcrystals into violent psychotics! Then his lifemate Delo the cat-woman and their Dino babies are nearly killed by the mind virus crime syndicate. Al and Delo vow an Honor Hunt to eliminate the Alien who threatens the lives of everyone in Markan star system, but Al's Guild of Assassins will not help in his Hunt. Armed with a sono-sword and a dreadnought starship, Al faces an ultimate battle against the praying mantis-like Ketchetkeel Aliens who are somehow linked to the mind virus. He may die. Delo may die. But the mind virus must be killed before the A.I. algors in Markan eliminate every lifeform as a means of protecting themselves from insanity infection! This is Book 2 in the Assassin series of stories about Al Lancaster, a solo Human fighting to survive among thousands of Aliens. Book 1 is Stellar Assassin. Book 3 will be Human Assassin.
- GenresSpace Opera
262 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 16, 2014
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About the author
T. Jackson King
51 books48 followersT. Jackson King (Tom) is an Amazon bestselling science fiction and urban fantasy author. He is a lifelong reader of SciFi/Fantasy stories and his favorite authors have included Darynda Jones, BR Kingsolver, K.F. Breene, Martha Carr, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Andre Norton, J. K. Rowling, Ann Christy, Lois McMaster Bujold and Ursula LeGuin. Outside of fantasy and science fiction he has enjoyed the novels of Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, and the urban fantasy crime mysteries of Darynda Jones.
Tom began writing SF novels at age 38, when he discovered he had read all the Human-Alien first contact or encounter novels in his local library. So he decided to write his own, thanks to an overactive, very visual imagination. Those early years produced FIRST CONTACT and RETREAD SHOP. When the New York City publishing houses ignored his later novels because they had no Hollywood tie-in, he went to several small presses, then began self-publishing as an Indy author in 2011. He loves that readers in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are some of his most loyal readers!
Before becoming a bestselling author, Tom worked in a radiocarbon lab at UC Riverside and earned an MA degree in Archaeology from UCLA. His interests in ancient history, ancient cultures and journalism got him several government agency jobs that led him to roam the raw landscape of the Western United States where he worked as a federal archaeologist and newspaper journalist.
Tom lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA and hangs with a group of smart and tolerant Westerners. Divorce taught him to smile a lot and to work at being a Nice Guy. Which earned him the love of his wife Sue. Still, he is pretty weird. Has been since fourth grade when he began reading SciFi. Since then, he and Authority have rarely been in agreement. Readers are welcome to visit his T. Jackson King page.
Tom began writing SF novels at age 38, when he discovered he had read all the Human-Alien first contact or encounter novels in his local library. So he decided to write his own, thanks to an overactive, very visual imagination. Those early years produced FIRST CONTACT and RETREAD SHOP. When the New York City publishing houses ignored his later novels because they had no Hollywood tie-in, he went to several small presses, then began self-publishing as an Indy author in 2011. He loves that readers in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are some of his most loyal readers!
Before becoming a bestselling author, Tom worked in a radiocarbon lab at UC Riverside and earned an MA degree in Archaeology from UCLA. His interests in ancient history, ancient cultures and journalism got him several government agency jobs that led him to roam the raw landscape of the Western United States where he worked as a federal archaeologist and newspaper journalist.
Tom lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA and hangs with a group of smart and tolerant Westerners. Divorce taught him to smile a lot and to work at being a Nice Guy. Which earned him the love of his wife Sue. Still, he is pretty weird. Has been since fourth grade when he began reading SciFi. Since then, he and Authority have rarely been in agreement. Readers are welcome to visit his T. Jackson King page.
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June 7, 2015
Great story and a fine follow up to Stellar Assassin. Somehow Al Lancaster keeps surviving anything that gets thrown at him. He is raising an adopted family of 5 "dino babies" with his feline/humanoid mate Delo.
This book is filled with non-stop action and tons of aliens and alien species. Sometimes it gets a bit tricky keeping all the names and species straight, but it's worth the effort.
This book is filled with non-stop action and tons of aliens and alien species. Sometimes it gets a bit tricky keeping all the names and species straight, but it's worth the effort.
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