All the Marbles

by Dusty Rainbolt

Chandra was having a bad day anyway, but then that cat…“Starts with a galactic Ma Bell and the equivalent of the Wichita Lineman on the run from thugs demanding an object Chandra’s never even heard of, then throw in space pirates who steal party supplies, a cat who’s even more a law unto himself than most felines, and oddball planets where the inhabitants have deified Fifties TV sitcom characters or the drunks in the gutter at night are lawyers in court by day. It all adds to make All the Marbles a highly entertaining ride.” – Lee Killough, author of Wilding Nights“If you’ve missed Douglas Adams, you’ll laugh with relief when you read All the Marbles.” – Selina Rosen, author of Queen of Denial and Recycled“Rainbolt taps into the heart of science fiction; all that can be imagined is possible. All the Marbles is fast-paced, outrageous, and of a cosmic scale. Rainbolt will take you on a trip far from home, a trip well worth taking.” – Gary Moreau, author of Almost Human“Crossing screwball comedy with space opera, Dusty Rainbolt’s All The Marbles is a fast, funny take on far-future shenanigans and some eternal verities, like corporate monopolies and human idiocy. Readers will love this wild space chase after a mysteriously valuable object through galaxies far, far away with spunky heroine Chandra Solomon, a large cast of oddballs along for the ride, and Ivan the topdog cat.” – Carole Nelson Douglas, author of Cat in a Neon Nightmare

288 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2003

Reviews

[Tracy S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

If, like me, you miss Douglas Adams's brand of space opera humor, then you will enjoy All the Marbles.

At the opening of the book, Chandra thinks she is about as low as a human can get. She is a stranded lineman for an inter-glactic ma bell. Her partner has lost everything she owns in a card game just moments before losing his life.

But Chandra soon learns that things can get so much worse as she is chased across the galaxy by hit men, buccaneers who steal party supplies, media moguls and her own employers, all searching for something that she's never heard of, but that her former partner may have won in the card game.

Chandra's only salvation may lie in some old television broadcasts from Earth, a cat with a bad attitude and an archetiect who can't keep his space ship clean.

All the Marbles is both hilarious and inventive.