A lost colony planet, a perplexing murder, and a dogged homicide cop in this Audible Original story from best-selling author Larry Correia.
When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep into uncharted space. A thousand light years from Earth, with no way home and no way to call for help, the colonists’ only hope for survival was the one barely habitable planet in range, a nightmare world they named Croatoan. Landing on the only five mountain peaks tall enough to rise above the lethal acid clouds, the settlers carved a civilization from the rock.
A hundred years later, Five Points has grown into a city of corruption and violence. With powerful corporations ruling the surface domes and criminal syndicates running the caverns below, murder is just the cost of doing business.
So when a Special Magistrate is found dissolving in a protein vat, it barely registers – until DCI Lutero Cade, the last honest cop in Five Points, catches the case. What he finds could threaten the colony’s very existence.
Or, at the very least, Cade himself.
FAQ – it’s an Audible Exclusive, meaning audio only for a year but then after that I can put it in print.
I know who the narrator is, but I don’t think I can announce that for sure, but it’s one of my regulars.
It’s novella length.
It is set in the same universe as Gun Runner (same as a Tank Called Bob, so this has become my go to setting for scifi stories!), but these events are completely unrelated to what happens in Gun Runner.
I had a ton of fun with this one. Gritty Cop Shows are one of my favorite genres, but not something I normally work in. But sci-fi it up, and I’m all in! I really hope you guys enjoy this because I would love to do more with this one. Five Points/Croatoan is a cool setting.
A random question as a keeper of wiki lists. I was reading Shooter Ready for the first time a few days ago and that story feels very much set in the Gun Runner/Tank Named Bob universe.
Would you say Shooter Ready is set in the Gun Runner universe as well?
Thank you for all the great stories.
Shooter Ready predates the others, and was proto world building for the GR universe. But I’d need to go back and read it again to see if there’s anything in there that contradicts the later stories. If not, then it should be.
Nothing highbrow here just thought it was funny that the audible tag looked like a foreground continuation of the police tape.
I wonder if the world setup was inspired by Larry Niven’s novel “A Gift From Earth” (the world of Plateau), or is it accidental coincidence – there are only that many original ideas.
Anyway, looks interesting… though I will wait to have it in print; audiobooks are not really my thing.
I searched on Amazon for this, but no results. When is it supposed to be available?
August probably.
And because saying “Tease” is too short I have to wax poetic about how unfair it is that you don’t immediately release things like to satisfy my needs wants and desires…
Just finished the audiobook. With it ending on such a cliffhanger, got to ask, is this going to be a longer series with full length novels? Lots of potential here, so I hope so!