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Lucky Number 7: A Rats, Bats & Vats Story
John Norway is an alcoholic, a double amputee combat veteran, a street beggar with nothing much to live for. But once -- before conscription – he’d been a rally driver. One of the best, at the wheel of Lucky Number 7. Now… Ariel the rat wants to have him drive in a desperate race against death, and the ‘magh.
The only does Norway want to win that race?
And will it solve Fat Fal’s inflatable rattess problem?
A Rats, Bats and Vats Short Story.
The only does Norway want to win that race?
And will it solve Fat Fal’s inflatable rattess problem?
A Rats, Bats and Vats Short Story.
34 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 23, 2017
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January 7, 2023
Sardonic humor and fast paced action, March 30, 2017
This review is from: Lucky Number 7: A Rats, Bats & Vats Story (Kindle Edition)
A sardonically humorous story set in the universe of the novels, Rats, Bats and Vats and the sequel, The Rats, The Bats and The Ugly. Author Dave Freer provides an introduction to this universe and the current situation there which helps make this a stand alone story. The story features some characters from the novels. The rat (actually a genetically and cyber enhanced relative of the shrew) Fat Fal who speaks in Shakespearean English, the bat O'niel with her Irish brogue and the rat Ariel. Well Ariel is sort of a rat. Her cyber implants were removed from her rat body and placed in a mind wiped human body by evil aliens. She is also the head of the Ratafia which could give the Mafia lessons in ruthlessness. There is a new human character, John Norway, a legless former race car driver, now a veteran suffering from PTSD, alcoholism and the shakes. With these characters assembled the race is on to seize a priceless treasure from inside an alien enemy stronghold. No spoilers so no more.
This review is from: Lucky Number 7: A Rats, Bats & Vats Story (Kindle Edition)
A sardonically humorous story set in the universe of the novels, Rats, Bats and Vats and the sequel, The Rats, The Bats and The Ugly. Author Dave Freer provides an introduction to this universe and the current situation there which helps make this a stand alone story. The story features some characters from the novels. The rat (actually a genetically and cyber enhanced relative of the shrew) Fat Fal who speaks in Shakespearean English, the bat O'niel with her Irish brogue and the rat Ariel. Well Ariel is sort of a rat. Her cyber implants were removed from her rat body and placed in a mind wiped human body by evil aliens. She is also the head of the Ratafia which could give the Mafia lessons in ruthlessness. There is a new human character, John Norway, a legless former race car driver, now a veteran suffering from PTSD, alcoholism and the shakes. With these characters assembled the race is on to seize a priceless treasure from inside an alien enemy stronghold. No spoilers so no more.
August 2, 2019
David Freer fills in some details in this short story adventure set after his novel, 'The Rats, Bats, and the Ugly'.
The setting: a distant planet where humanity is stuck fighting a war with the Magh' a bug-like species bent on extermination and exploitation. Too bad this planet is stuck at a 19th-century level technology. Fortunately, there's another alien species, the Khorozhet, who gladly sell humanity the tech they need to battle the Magh'. But they're in it for the profit.
The technology amplifies the intelligence of rats (giant shrews the size of cats) and bats (large fruit bats) and makes them natural killing machines with guns and bombs.
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That's the setting for the story. In it, a drunk legless veteran is recruited by the rats and bats to drive an armored car on a mission to steal a valuable cargo from the Magh'. The drunk is suffering from PSTD and drinks to hide it from himself. He was a former great race car driver.
That's the premise. The story lives up to the premise. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys David Freer, or military sci-fi, or a cracking good story.
The setting: a distant planet where humanity is stuck fighting a war with the Magh' a bug-like species bent on extermination and exploitation. Too bad this planet is stuck at a 19th-century level technology. Fortunately, there's another alien species, the Khorozhet, who gladly sell humanity the tech they need to battle the Magh'. But they're in it for the profit.
The technology amplifies the intelligence of rats (giant shrews the size of cats) and bats (large fruit bats) and makes them natural killing machines with guns and bombs.
.
That's the setting for the story. In it, a drunk legless veteran is recruited by the rats and bats to drive an armored car on a mission to steal a valuable cargo from the Magh'. The drunk is suffering from PSTD and drinks to hide it from himself. He was a former great race car driver.
That's the premise. The story lives up to the premise. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys David Freer, or military sci-fi, or a cracking good story.
January 31, 2023
A small addendum to the tale. Some humor, but more of sadness. The normal Sarcasm and wit is here. But it's also a tale of War, and war's consequences aren't generally nice.
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