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Castaway in an orbital space truckstop… the only thing worse than being trapped alone? Being trapped with seven alien strippers…
Escaped necroplanet convict one day, space-marshal the next. After accidentally becoming respectable, Grant finally has everything under control. His alien wives have taken the kids to Hoplia to claim their inheritance, and for the first time in months the galaxy has mostly stopped trying to kill him.
Or did it? Because after freeing his ship, freeze-drying his enemies and ferrying the galaxy’s next top pop-star home, Grant finds going legit is not something he was made for. The answer is a well-earned ‘man-cation’ and some alone-time to avoid thinking too hard about responsibility.
But he better be careful what he wishes for, because the galaxy says ‘hold my zorp’ and Grant finds himself stranded on a derelict space station at the asteroid-end of nowhere.
>150-year-old vending machine snacks? Check. >Packed with malfunctioning AI mascots? Also check. >Pirates who immediately decide it belongs to them instead? Double-check. …and to say it has a ‘severe mold problem’ is an understatement.
But nothing can prepare Grant for when he discovers the dangerous secret lurking in the heart of his castaway home…
Exotic dancers… and g-strings.
Shacking up with a scratch crew of alien strippers was not part of Grant’s long-term life plan. But running a station means protecting it. Feeding people. Keeping them safe. And somehow convincing a group of interstellar exotic dancers that he might actually qualify as leadership material.
Packed with explosive action, space-western mayhem, castaway survival, corporate satire, found-family heart, and a highly irresponsible amount of pole-dancing-related problem solving. Perfect for readers who love irreverent space opera, blue-collar sci-fi heroes, “humans are space orcs” energy, HFY, and harem adventures where the only way to control a crew of hot alien strippers is showing them how ‘working the pole’ is done on Earth.
Strap in. Redline the engines. Don’t forget your fat stack of singles.
18+ CONTENT This is a sci-fi harem adventure set in a morally flexible alien civilization. If adult themes, aggressive flirting with space hotties, and a hero who leaves a trail of alien carnage in low orbit aren’t your thing, maybe you should take up yoga instead of reading this book. That seems more your speed.
This book was ok, but it had some major issues that are likely to disappoint many readers of the haremlit genre.
The MC from the first two books returns, and apparently fatherhood does not agree with him. Instead of being with his wives and the 9 kids he had with one of them, he's off with his tail between his legs because he "needs some space". So he's at a space station doing his "Marshal" work and generally acting like a coward towards his harem. Granted, the kids sound like ADHD nightmares hyped on caffeine and sugar, but still. While supposedly doing one job, he rescues some lost heiress and as a reward, he is given a space station. And as part of the empty space station, he thaws out a half dozen strippers that become his second harem.
Yes, that's right, he ends up forming a second harem. He doesn't intend to, but it happens anyways. And that's what is going to rub a significant portion of haremlit readers the wrong way. Instead of being with his previous harem and kids, he's off getting a second one while the first harem is dealing with the fallout of being involved with him. That left a really bad taste in my mouth.
What does work is there is tons of action, and lots of over the top ads and AI interfaces the MC deals with. That, and some of the sex scenes with harem 2 are pretty good.
The ending shows he's going to have to deal with at least some of his first harem, and for that alone, I'll read the next book. I want to see how he deals with it.
Fun, adventures, literally total chaos the whole time and this time none of his women randomly decided they like another women over him. I get it some people like the ntr stuff just came out of nowhere in the last book and right at the end. Honestly 100 more feelings im this one too the authors really stepping it up way to go.
3.5 stars. As much as I generally like the author's books, this one didn't really land for me. It was like the book was a big side-quest to bring in more women, and contrived a situation around that. I kept asking myself "why?" so many times, and the MC's pathologic disdain for AI and automation (e.g. he insults it a lot, even when it's not warranted) wore on me after a while.
Hopefully the next book will get the band back together to try again with better results. A sure sign of my engagement with a book is how quickly I finish it. This one took me a several days longer than it should have, as I kept switching to other more interesting books I had on the go.
And that's for a couple reasons. First being the huge amount of typos. Almost every single paragraph had at least one typo, missing or duplicated word, or missing punctuation. Sometimes, all of the above! The second problem, as I see it, is it feels like a retelling of the first book. Just a new location.