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The Amazing Conroy #2-4,6
Galactic Capers of the Amazing Conroy
Four novellas, four amazing stories.
★★ ONE NIGHT ONLY! ★★
The Amazing Conroy regales you with four unique stories specially selected for your pleasure.
Join us, as we all get our tickets, take our seats, and listen with rapt attention!
★ BARRY’S TALE
He came for the barbecue, but he found a little girl in need of help. Can his hypnotic skill save her from an uncontrollable power that has her marked for death?
A hypnotist, his alien companion animal, and a little girl with terrifying abilities. Also, a barbecue festival.
What could possibly go wrong?
The Amazing Conroy travels to the edge of Human Space to attend the best barbecue competition in the galaxy.
When a six-year-old becomes infatuated with Reggie, his buffalito, the hypnotist discovers something amiss with the child.
Gel possesses a dangerous potential – one she cannot control.
It will require all of Conroy's hypnotic talents, and lots of audacity, luck, and barbecue sauce for him to save her.
If he fails, the girl could die.
Or she might simply hurl everyone into the sun!
★ CALENDRICAL REGRESSION
A five billion year alien vendetta. The truth of the Mayan calendar revealed.
What does a CEO of a billion-dollar corporation do for vacation? He goes back to his gig as a stage hypnotist.
But when a fan/stalker shows up backstage, chaos erupts and Reggie the buffalito is taken hostage!
Conroy’s only hope to rescue him means helping extraterrestrial librarians with a conspiracy and regressing a volunteer back through centuries of past lives to untangle the origin of the Mayan calendar.
Because when alien technology meets hypnosis, the Amazing Conroy is sure to live up to his name.
Unless a vengeful ancient priest kills them all first.
★ BARRY'S DEAL
What happens on Triton stays on Triton.
A black-market auction for a bottle of the galaxy's most unobtainable liqueur lures Conroy.
In the company of his oldest friend, he'll defend himself against a mad bomber, acquire a new enemy with mental powers, and attempt to broker a deal with a really smelly alien.
That's the easy part.
To win the day he'll need to pull off an alien diplomatic coup, hypnotize Earth's wealthiest industrialists, and beat a casino at its own game.
With tens of billions of dollars on the line, not to mention the lives of his friends, Conroy will have to be pretty amazing indeed.
★ TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
What wouldn't you do to save your best friend?
The Amazing Conroy has left the corporate world behind and fled Earth.
Now Reggie is dying and the buffalito’s internal nuclear furnace is growing unstable.
Their only hope lies with the Arconi, the same aliens Conroy robbed to create his empire.
He must surrender to alien justice — a trial in a telepathic court where everyone already knows he's guilty!
But Conroy's a hypnotist and has spent his life altering perceptions of reality.
To save Reggie's life — and avoid multiple lifetime prison terms — he'll have to convince a truth-telling tribunal that up is down, day is night, and his crimes of smuggling were a good thing!
Grab the ONE NIGHT ONLY event and experience miraculous mental manipulation.
"The Amazing Conroy series is an intergalactic adventure by a 6-time Nebula Award-nominated author.
Mind control, mayhem, and metaphor abound in a story that will keep you brilliantly entertained."
★★ ONE NIGHT ONLY! ★★
The Amazing Conroy regales you with four unique stories specially selected for your pleasure.
Join us, as we all get our tickets, take our seats, and listen with rapt attention!
★ BARRY’S TALE
He came for the barbecue, but he found a little girl in need of help. Can his hypnotic skill save her from an uncontrollable power that has her marked for death?
A hypnotist, his alien companion animal, and a little girl with terrifying abilities. Also, a barbecue festival.
What could possibly go wrong?
The Amazing Conroy travels to the edge of Human Space to attend the best barbecue competition in the galaxy.
When a six-year-old becomes infatuated with Reggie, his buffalito, the hypnotist discovers something amiss with the child.
Gel possesses a dangerous potential – one she cannot control.
It will require all of Conroy's hypnotic talents, and lots of audacity, luck, and barbecue sauce for him to save her.
If he fails, the girl could die.
Or she might simply hurl everyone into the sun!
★ CALENDRICAL REGRESSION
A five billion year alien vendetta. The truth of the Mayan calendar revealed.
What does a CEO of a billion-dollar corporation do for vacation? He goes back to his gig as a stage hypnotist.
But when a fan/stalker shows up backstage, chaos erupts and Reggie the buffalito is taken hostage!
Conroy’s only hope to rescue him means helping extraterrestrial librarians with a conspiracy and regressing a volunteer back through centuries of past lives to untangle the origin of the Mayan calendar.
Because when alien technology meets hypnosis, the Amazing Conroy is sure to live up to his name.
Unless a vengeful ancient priest kills them all first.
★ BARRY'S DEAL
What happens on Triton stays on Triton.
A black-market auction for a bottle of the galaxy's most unobtainable liqueur lures Conroy.
In the company of his oldest friend, he'll defend himself against a mad bomber, acquire a new enemy with mental powers, and attempt to broker a deal with a really smelly alien.
That's the easy part.
To win the day he'll need to pull off an alien diplomatic coup, hypnotize Earth's wealthiest industrialists, and beat a casino at its own game.
With tens of billions of dollars on the line, not to mention the lives of his friends, Conroy will have to be pretty amazing indeed.
★ TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
What wouldn't you do to save your best friend?
The Amazing Conroy has left the corporate world behind and fled Earth.
Now Reggie is dying and the buffalito’s internal nuclear furnace is growing unstable.
Their only hope lies with the Arconi, the same aliens Conroy robbed to create his empire.
He must surrender to alien justice — a trial in a telepathic court where everyone already knows he's guilty!
But Conroy's a hypnotist and has spent his life altering perceptions of reality.
To save Reggie's life — and avoid multiple lifetime prison terms — he'll have to convince a truth-telling tribunal that up is down, day is night, and his crimes of smuggling were a good thing!
Grab the ONE NIGHT ONLY event and experience miraculous mental manipulation.
"The Amazing Conroy series is an intergalactic adventure by a 6-time Nebula Award-nominated author.
Mind control, mayhem, and metaphor abound in a story that will keep you brilliantly entertained."
285 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 22, 2020
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About the author
Lawrence M. Schoen
128 books233 followersLawrence M. Schoen holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, is a past Astounding, Hugo, and Nebula, nominee, twice won the Cóyotl award for best novel, founded the Klingon Language Institute, and occasionally does work as a hypnotherapist specializing in authors’ issues. He is a chimeric cancer survivor.
His science fiction includes many light and humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist and his alien animal companion. Other works take a very different tone, exploring aspects of determinism and free will, generally redefining the continua between life and death. Sometimes he blurs the funny and the serious. Lawrence lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and their dog.
His science fiction includes many light and humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist and his alien animal companion. Other works take a very different tone, exploring aspects of determinism and free will, generally redefining the continua between life and death. Sometimes he blurs the funny and the serious. Lawrence lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and their dog.
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April 3, 2023
Love the Conroy stories
I love the Conroy stories, the characters in them are fun, they get into all sorts of situations, there are aliens, cute buffalitos, and are just fun to read. I was glad to see these stories filled in some of the backstory between the other stories in this universe that I have read. I definitely recommend this series and the other books set in this universe.
I love the Conroy stories, the characters in them are fun, they get into all sorts of situations, there are aliens, cute buffalitos, and are just fun to read. I was glad to see these stories filled in some of the backstory between the other stories in this universe that I have read. I definitely recommend this series and the other books set in this universe.
February 8, 2021
Well this book was a nice surprise.
A great change from normal SF novels I've been reading lately.
Very interesting to read about hypnotism which I assume is based on a lot of factual information.
I liked the aliens too.
A great change from normal SF novels I've been reading lately.
Very interesting to read about hypnotism which I assume is based on a lot of factual information.
I liked the aliens too.
November 4, 2021
A fun romp into a world where humans have already made contact with hundreds of galactic civilizations. Our intrepid adventurer and his faithful indestructible bovine make quite a team.
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