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Galactic Football League #5.5
The Reef
The fifth novella in the Galactic Football League series by #1 New York Times bestseller Scott Sigler.
THE REEF is a sequel to TITLE FIGHT. It's DJANGO UNCHAINED meets GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY in this bloody knuckle brawl of a story.
SYNOPSES:
Chaiyal "the Heretic" North, former Intergalactic Heavyweight Champ, flees the wrath of crimelord Gredok the Splithead by going to a place Gredok can't reach — "the Reef." A frontier planetoid where citizens try to scratch a living from the rock, the Reef is a lawless land ruled by the strong and the vicious.
For Chai, it's a hardscrabble life vastly removed from his former superstardom. No more media, no more octagon, no more bright lights, and no more mods. When he hits rock bottom, he must carve out a new existence free from the weight of his past.
THE REEF is a sequel to TITLE FIGHT. It's DJANGO UNCHAINED meets GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY in this bloody knuckle brawl of a story.
SYNOPSES:
Chaiyal "the Heretic" North, former Intergalactic Heavyweight Champ, flees the wrath of crimelord Gredok the Splithead by going to a place Gredok can't reach — "the Reef." A frontier planetoid where citizens try to scratch a living from the rock, the Reef is a lawless land ruled by the strong and the vicious.
For Chai, it's a hardscrabble life vastly removed from his former superstardom. No more media, no more octagon, no more bright lights, and no more mods. When he hits rock bottom, he must carve out a new existence free from the weight of his past.
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First published March 12, 2019
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Scott Sigler
132 books4,335 followersTHE CRYPT: SHAKEDOWN is Book I of a new five-book series. It’s out October 3, 2023 in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook narrated by Ray Porter.
iTunes by subscribing to his podcast.
#1 New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler is the creator of fifteen novels, six novellas and dozens of short stories. He gives away his stories as weekly, serialized, audiobooks, with over 40 million episodes downloaded.
Scott launched his career by releasing his novels as author-read podcasts. His rabid fans were so hungry for each week’s episode that they dubbed themselves the “Junkies.” The first hit is always free …
He is also is a co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Galactic Football League series. He lives in San Diego, CA, with his wife and wee little Dogs of Døøm.
iTunes by subscribing to his podcast. #1 New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler is the creator of fifteen novels, six novellas and dozens of short stories. He gives away his stories as weekly, serialized, audiobooks, with over 40 million episodes downloaded.
Scott launched his career by releasing his novels as author-read podcasts. His rabid fans were so hungry for each week’s episode that they dubbed themselves the “Junkies.” The first hit is always free …
He is also is a co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Galactic Football League series. He lives in San Diego, CA, with his wife and wee little Dogs of Døøm.
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July 25, 2020May 21, 2019
Woo-hoo! The audiobook of THE REEF is now available. And since it's a GFL title, I'm the narrator. Boom.
• Audible: http://bit.ly/Reef-Sigler
• iTunes: http://bit.ly/The-Reef
March 21, 2019
THE REEF will be the next free, serialized podcast from Scott Sigler Audioboks. Click here to subscribe and you will get the whole thing for free. The goal, of course, is to tantalize you with weekly audiobook episodes of at least 20 minutes until you go mad and buy the ebook or the audiobook. But if you gots the patience to get it one piece at a time, more power to you!
Currently, the Scott Sigler Auudiobooks podcast is finishing up the free, serial release of EARTHCORE. We just release Episode 39, and it all ends at Episode 41.
February 21, 2019
We've updated the book cover, so I'll list that here (we need to get a Librarian to change that for us in the official listing. The former blue title looked dang near invisible at Amazon, so we had to punch it up a little.
January 14, 2019
We added the book cover!
November 13, 2018
We are one day into recording the audiobook. I am the narrator, as I am for all GFL books and novellas. Once the audiobook is done, we go into final production. This title will be released as eBook and audiobook..
April 10, 2018
I'm finishing up the final draft of this lovely novella. Thought I'd share a quote from it that tickled my fancy.
Woo-hoo! The audiobook of THE REEF is now available. And since it's a GFL title, I'm the narrator. Boom.
• Audible: http://bit.ly/Reef-Sigler
• iTunes: http://bit.ly/The-Reef
March 21, 2019
THE REEF will be the next free, serialized podcast from Scott Sigler Audioboks. Click here to subscribe and you will get the whole thing for free. The goal, of course, is to tantalize you with weekly audiobook episodes of at least 20 minutes until you go mad and buy the ebook or the audiobook. But if you gots the patience to get it one piece at a time, more power to you!
Currently, the Scott Sigler Auudiobooks podcast is finishing up the free, serial release of EARTHCORE. We just release Episode 39, and it all ends at Episode 41.
February 21, 2019
We've updated the book cover, so I'll list that here (we need to get a Librarian to change that for us in the official listing. The former blue title looked dang near invisible at Amazon, so we had to punch it up a little.
January 14, 2019
We added the book cover!
November 13, 2018
We are one day into recording the audiobook. I am the narrator, as I am for all GFL books and novellas. Once the audiobook is done, we go into final production. This title will be released as eBook and audiobook..
April 10, 2018
I'm finishing up the final draft of this lovely novella. Thought I'd share a quote from it that tickled my fancy.
December 17, 2021
This is technically part of a series. The connection to the series is very loose and one does not need to read the series to know what is going on in this book. There was a previous novella which was Title Fight that was also a loose connection to the series. This one is a sequel to that novella. In this one, Chaiyal has traveled to a remote area of space because he is on the run. He was once a beloved sports star and he has hit rock bottom.
I have been a fan of the series that this is loosely tied into. The loose connection comes into play with an appearance from a character. Like I said the series is not required reading for this story but I recommend reading the series. The setting of this novella reminded of the Old West. This is a story we have seen in real life. It is about a huge star's career nose diving and becoming inconsequential and whether they can pick themselves off the mat. The story started off slow but picks up and I really enjoyed it. In typical Scott Sigler fashion we have insane and gory scenes. Even though this book has those wonderful scenes he also delivers a heartfelt message about life knocking you down and getting back up. This is a quick story that packs a punch.
Once again the author delivers a great story which I believed to be better than the first story where we met the main character. I listened to the podcasts that the author provides for this story. The author himself narrates the story and does an excellent job and you cannot beat the price (they are free). I am going to jump right into the next novella. Sigler is in the middle of offering the next story as free podcasts but I cannot wait. I am going to purchase the ebook right away. If this book is any indication of what is in store for me I will have a wild and enjoyable ride ahead of me.
I have been a fan of the series that this is loosely tied into. The loose connection comes into play with an appearance from a character. Like I said the series is not required reading for this story but I recommend reading the series. The setting of this novella reminded of the Old West. This is a story we have seen in real life. It is about a huge star's career nose diving and becoming inconsequential and whether they can pick themselves off the mat. The story started off slow but picks up and I really enjoyed it. In typical Scott Sigler fashion we have insane and gory scenes. Even though this book has those wonderful scenes he also delivers a heartfelt message about life knocking you down and getting back up. This is a quick story that packs a punch.
Once again the author delivers a great story which I believed to be better than the first story where we met the main character. I listened to the podcasts that the author provides for this story. The author himself narrates the story and does an excellent job and you cannot beat the price (they are free). I am going to jump right into the next novella. Sigler is in the middle of offering the next story as free podcasts but I cannot wait. I am going to purchase the ebook right away. If this book is any indication of what is in store for me I will have a wild and enjoyable ride ahead of me.
May 22, 2019
THE REEF is a sequel to TITLE FIGHT, and one of the novellas that supplement that vast, varied, and deeply diverse Galactic Football League (GFL) series. The story picks up about two years after Chaiyal North is exiled to The Reef, an ancient, formerly-alive carcass on the edge of known space. Essentially a frontier with accompanying lack of lawfulness, The Reef is a place where people go to escape their past and build a future.
The future that Chai, now known as Lash Kari, builds for himself is less than purposeful, as he wallows in self-pity and dejection until his own choices catch up to him and force him to make deliberate changes to the way he lives.
Essentially a tale of redemption, THE REEF takes Chai on a path he never would have considered for himself, but ends up fitting as well as the championship belt he left behind. Full of new characters, locales and creatures, along with familiar settings and a few recognizable faces, THE REEF is a fun and exciting sidebar to the larger GFL universe.
The future that Chai, now known as Lash Kari, builds for himself is less than purposeful, as he wallows in self-pity and dejection until his own choices catch up to him and force him to make deliberate changes to the way he lives.
Essentially a tale of redemption, THE REEF takes Chai on a path he never would have considered for himself, but ends up fitting as well as the championship belt he left behind. Full of new characters, locales and creatures, along with familiar settings and a few recognizable faces, THE REEF is a fun and exciting sidebar to the larger GFL universe.
June 7, 2020
It’s never easy to rise up when you’ve been knocked down by a foe. The hardest for to get up from is yourself. This is the foe that the main character in this novel faced. This story really shows me that strength is well beyond muscles and mental fortitude. It’s strength of character; even character you may not know you even have. I think that’s the power of this book.
July 24, 2019
A little confusing at first, as the character that we know and love (or hate, depending on who you were routing for in Title Fight) Chaiyal North has fled to The Reef at the outer end of the galaxy but he goes by a different name. It jumps back and forth with his name for a bit before I got used to it. Scott and Matt do a great job with character development and get you to feel for these anti-heroes.
November 11, 2019
I revere Scott Sigler as one of my favorite authors, but this novella ended extremely abruptly and with confusion. I expected more on the story, as it was leaving me completely hanging. May have just been something I missed but heck, enjoy what you can of it.
July 15, 2019
Another amazing Novella by Scott Sigler. My only complaint is that now it's even tougher to wait for GFL #6!
July 17, 2019
Too cool. Nice redemption journey story.
November 21, 2019
I needed a sigler fix and this hit the spot. A bloody western set in the GFL universe. A fun quick story
May 24, 2020
Damn Matt and Scott for making me root for a cop.
This was a great book, though a little more disjointed than TITLE FIGHT, it's predecessor. I think that's because TITLE FIGHT had the built in narrative of the build up to and the resolution of a title fight.
This book meandered a little more, and was a little more unpredictable because of it. Still worth reading.
This was a great book, though a little more disjointed than TITLE FIGHT, it's predecessor. I think that's because TITLE FIGHT had the built in narrative of the build up to and the resolution of a title fight.
This book meandered a little more, and was a little more unpredictable because of it. Still worth reading.
November 3, 2020
Another great book by Scott Sigler in the GFL Universe
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December 3, 2021Honestly can't remember how good I thought this was, but know that I listened to it when it was being podcast by Scott, so just recording it as read for my own stats!
November 11, 2024
Love this whole series and the universe it’s found in.
October 29, 2019
This entertaining, action-filled novella by Wallace and Sigler, expands on Characters from My Favorite Scott Sigler series, The GFL! 🌟🏈
Creative Characters are Dynamic, Ruthless, Inspirational Funny ~ A Spectacular Combination! I eagerly await GFL #6 ~ The Gangster! 😁 👍👍
Creative Characters are Dynamic, Ruthless, Inspirational Funny ~ A Spectacular Combination! I eagerly await GFL #6 ~ The Gangster! 😁 👍👍
January 29, 2025
I am a Sigler Junkie, so not surprising I loved the reef. Thank you FDO for another solid entry in the GFL world.
August 19, 2019
I really enjoy the GFL series as a whole and these side books that take you deeper into on minor—but interesting—character are always a fun read.
September 17, 2020
Another really fun read by Scott Sigler. The Galactic Football League series just gets better and better and I am happy to hear there will be three more books in the series.
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