The Naroop Chronicles - 1. An Ultimate Weapon Walks into a Bar

di Michael Farley (Autore)

Michael Farley, 2026

THE NAROOP CHRONICLES An Ultimate Weapon Walks into a Bar By Michael Farley The universe is in trouble. Unfortunately, its salvation has the face of Rodney Dangerfield. Somewhere in the farthest reaches of space, two deep-space salvage bums are making a living from the universe's rubbish. Hardie and Kortright, a mismatched pair of professional ne'er-do-wells, trundle through the cosmos aboard the Naroop, a battered old vessel held together by rust, optimism and what appears to be several hundred health and safety violations. Their business is simple: find wrecks, strip anything worth selling, and try not to get killed in the process. It's not glamorous, but it pays the bills. Occasionally. Then they stumble across something rather out of the ordinary. An enormous field of derelict spacecraft, the remnants of an ancient alien battle on a scale that makes most galactic conflicts look like a minor disagreement over parking spaces. Amid the wreckage, they discover something that should not exist: an ultimate weapon of unimaginable power, capable of changing the fate of the universe itself. Naturally, they bring it aboard. And that's when things get complicated. The weapon takes on a rather unexpected form: a wisecracking, sharp-suited, wise-guy character in the image of the legendary Rodney Dangerfield. He becomes Buddy, a being with extraordinary powers, an attitude problem and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of sarcastic observations. He can perform miracles, bend the laws of physics and apparently give the Naroop a new lease of life. What he cannot do, at least initially, is explain why he exists. Or what he's supposed to do. As Buddy reinvigorates the ageing ship and turns the lives of its crew upside down, word begins to spread. Among those taking an unhealthy interest is General McKewan, a local law-enforcement heavyweight whose curiosity about the mysterious newcomer threatens to make life considerably less comfortable for our heroes. But Buddy has bigger questions to answer. What is his purpose? Why was he created? And what does an ultimate weapon actually do when nobody has given it a decent set of instructions? As Hardie and Kortright attempt to keep their ship flying, their heads attached and the authorities at arm's length, Buddy embarks on a quest to discover his place in the universe. The answer could change everything. Or possibly nothing. Imagine Douglas Adams colliding with Terry Pratchett at the bar of some disreputable intergalactic drinking hole, and you're somewhere in the vicinity of The Naroop Chronicles. This is irreverent science fiction packed with cosmic absurdity, dodgy characters, improbable technology, philosophical questions and the firm suspicion that the universe might not be quite as well organised as it claims. Because perhaps the greatest mystery of existence isn't how the universe began, why we're here, or what happens when we die. Perhaps it's why nobody thought to install a decent sense of humour in the first place. After all, if the universe needs saving, what better weapon could there be than a wisecracking wise guy who knows all the answers — except the ones that matter? An ultimate weapon. A battered old spaceship. Two salvage bums. And one very big cosmic joke. Welcome aboard the Naroop. Please keep your arms, legs and logic inside the vessel at all times.

• Autore: Michael Farley
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Michael Farley
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237106633