Lava

The Journeys of McGill Feighan #3

by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.

Third book in the rollicking, galaxy-spanning SF adventure series that will make your imagination spin! McGill Feighan is able to "fling"--or teleport--himself or anything else as far away as he can imagine. As such, he makes a rather substantial living by flinging anything and everything, for a fee, to the far corners of the universe. His real quest, though, is to find the Far Being Retzglaran, who has meddled in his life since birth. Oh, and he's trying to avoid the dread Organization, which is trying to kill him at every turn. They've had a contract out on his life since he was four days old, but they've been unsuccessful. So far. Now McGill teams up with an Actuni plant-monk--who is not your everyday sentient cactus--as they flee the PsychSection of the Flinger Network and seek an encounter with the most ancient of all mysteries. It is a thorny dilemma indeed.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

292 pages, ebook

First published April 1, 1982

Reviews

[Tom Jolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this series (about teleporters for hire). Just wish it had a conclusion. I emailed the author about it once, and he was surprised that someone was still hanging on years later. Well, you know, I'm STILL waiting, and probably will until you drop over dead, Kevin.

[Dark-Draco · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, I did get to the end, which always means that the book has something going for it. But I can't say that I really enjoyed every minute of it or would rush out to read more adventures of McGill. Weird I can cope with, but somehow the story just seemed overly complicated, with lots happening that had little to do with the main plot. I also started to get really frustrated with our hero - he might only be in his 20's, but maybe a little more care of his young ward is in order! I definitely wanted to shake some sense into him on more than one occasion.

Vaguely entertaining but not something that wowed.

[James]

paperback, vg+

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this series, must reread it soon.

Now re-reading...so sad about his room-mate. Weird water world.