AsterMeteorCometoid!: A Tale of Biblical, Evangelical and Rock-Crushing Proportions

by Harvey Jacobs

It’s an Asteroid. It’s a Meteor. It’s a Comet. It’s AsterMeteorCometoid! (AMC). It’s all three rolled into one. And it’s coming to destroy Earth.When a space rock the size of Texas heads on a collision course with Earth, scientists bring Moses back from the past so he can part it just like he did the Red Sea. But, a fundamentalist preacher decides the AsterMeteorCometoid (AMC) is a herald for The Rapture and he will do everything in his power to "bring it on."Everything seems to go well for Moses at first. He's a snap at parting hair and Rocky Road ice cream (his favorite), but problems arise when they discover his talents are limited to water-based objects. And the AMC is igneous. It's as dry as a bone. So the military fire Moses and replace him with Thor who will smash the AMC with his hammer, Mjollnir.But the fundamentalist preacher will not be thwarted. He has plans to bring down both Moses and Thor. So the battle is on to destroy the AMC and save the old world or save the AMC and bring on the next world. Meanwhile, the President of the United States is having marital problems. And astronauts from NASA refuse to go on a suicide mission to intercept the AMC.

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 21, 2015

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Reviews

[David Wolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hilarious parody of disaster books, filled with incompetent nitwits including the US president (who is not intended to represent anyone you might be thinking about.) Just as the threat is a mashup of three different kinds of celestial objects, the book is itself a mashup of politics, religion and mythology and reads like a 300-page set of one-liners by Henny Youngman. If you think 2020 was bad, this book will demonstrate that it could have been worse! Even after the ending, we get more surprises: interviews with the characters, who comment on the roles they played.

[Cheryl Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

AsterMeteorCometoid! is absolutely wild in the best possible way! This story takes biblical figures, mythology, and end of the world chaos and blends them into a hilarious, action packed ride. Moses parting ice cream, Thor swinging his hammer at an asteroid, and a preacher trying to bring on The Rapture it’s pure creative madness.

Harvey Jacobs delivers sharp humor, clever satire, and a surprising amount of heart beneath all the absurdity. If you love stories that mix sci-fi, religion, and comedy with a wink and a bang, this one’s a must-read.