Curse of the Potency

Rocket Fuel Pee #2

by Oliver Franks

What if an entire business relies solely on one man’s pee?
In deepest, trendiest London a company by the name of Leading Edge Solar Ray Research Materials Ltd has just hired a new employee.

But this is no ordinary company, and no ordinary employee.

The employee is Dave Smith, an infamous slob with a mutation that threatens to destroy every toilet in Britain.

The company has the answer, a revolutionary new material called Super-Strong-Poly-Mega-Dega-Carbon-Alloy, the only stuff on earth that can withstand Dave’s super-corrosive urine. What’s more, they believe his wondrously potent excretion can unlock the super-materials of the future.

All they ask is Dave reside in their basement and pee where they tell him to pee.

All Dave asks is they treat him like a human being and figure out what the hell has happened to him.

Sounds like a match made in heaven, right?

Wrong.

Personalities always get in the way. As does science. And one should never ignore the small print.

Curse of the Potency is the riveting follow up to Man of Ruin, and the second book in the Rocket Fuel Pee trilogy, a brand new dark comedy sci-fi series.

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About the author

I write a unique blend of science fiction, magic realism, dark comedy and fantastical tales – what might be called ‘speculative mis-adventure’. Embracing the magic of the strange, the dangerous and the vaguely possible, my mission is to enthrall and challenge readers with darkly comic entertainment whilst telling stories with a point, even if that point isn't always immediately obvious. Otherwise, indeed, what is the point?

Reviews

[Madam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dave Smith is now confined to a bleak apartment in the basement of Leading Edge Solar Ray Research Materials Ltd, an Omega Group company, the firm that Daryl the doctor’s son convinced him would be his heaven on earth. Of course, the opposite is true, beginning with the fact it’s in London, a town Dave hates with every fiber in his being. He’d much rather be back in the Crawley jail chatting with Butter and enjoying Meg’s home-cooked meals, but he made his decision in court and has to abide by it … a fact of which Daryl enjoys reminding him.

His only relief is research scientist Molly, who takes actual human interest in him and eventually convinces Dave to try a vegan diet to solve his urinary woes. Predictably, he hates the food, but reluctantly admits that he’s sleeping better and feeling more energetic. He even glimpses hope when Molly tells him the corrosiveness of his output has decreased, plausibly positing that he might one day be able to live normally again, but then irritable scientist Marcus informs him that, as his wee grows weaker, so does his value to Solar Ray.

Which, along with Molly’s departure, sets Dave back on his reckless racetrack of destruction via voluminous amounts of junk food, soda, and alcohol, with a culmination rivaling nuclear bomb testing.

As the second installment of Dave’s story ends, the future is bleak indeed, but he did survive to write that afterword …

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like nothing I have ever read before

Very funny but disturbing science fiction comedy. You can't help cheering for Dave the hero.of this epic tale a must read

[Jason Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book in the series is not as funny as the first book, but it is also not one to skip.

Let me explain before you decide to run away.

This is a great series! The second book is much darker--you get that corporate overlords vibe as you read, and you genuinely feel sorry for Dave.

As I've said before, this series is one of the most original stories I have ever read, and I am glad I did!

Now, to get my hands on the last book of the trilogy!