How to Win at Pit Fighting with a Drunk Space Ninja: The Adventures of Duke LaGrange, Book Two

The Adventures of Duke LaGrange #2

by Jay Key

One Tournament. Zero Rules. Fifteen of the biggest, strongest, and nastiest warriors in the entire universe...and Duke LaGrange.

Holy hedgehogs! Everyone's favorite bounty hunting duo is back! Nova Texas' favorite son, Duke LaGrange, and his silent swordsman sidekick, Ishiro'shea, once again find themselves unceremoniously removed from Cyborg Joe's and deposited on a planet at the least opportune time. The only way for the tandem to escape the harsh world of Psitakki is for Duke to survive the most dangerous underground pit fighting tournament in the cosmos. Mega-Trolls, flying insectoid soldiers, and acid-spitting sludge beasts, oh my! And it's not just the looming spectre of combat staring Duke in the face...it's his former love.

How to Win at Pit Fighting with a Drunk Space Ninja is the second book in the Adventures of Duke LaGrange, a series of hilarious sci-fi adventure romps from the creative mind of Jay Key. You are sure to fall in love with Key's menagerie of colorful characters and laugh-out loud storytelling talents.

Praise for The Adventures of Duke LaGrange series:

"A raucous, new kind of pulp action hero...Flash Gordon, Jack Burton, and Buckaroo Banzai got nothing on Duke LaGrange." - Marcus Muller, comic artist and creator of King of the Unknown

"[W]itty, fast-paced...[an] imaginative style of writing." - Readers' Favorite

"For goofy grown up pulp readers and sci-fi geeks, it's as much fun as a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster." - Frank R. Sjodin, pulp author and 2017 Audio Verse Award Winner

Genres: Science Fiction

254 pages, Hardcover

First published November 6, 2018

About the author

JAY KEY knew at a young age that he wanted to be the world's first professional wrestler turned fraternity president turned digital media executive turned Society of Vertebrate Paleontology-approved blog writer turned best selling science-fiction comedy author. At various points, Key called Dallas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles home—but it wasn’t until a move to Chicago that writing professionally became a reality. Authoring a serialized version of The Adventures of Duke LaGrange and a popular blog on the paleobiological accuracy of dinosaurs in pop culture, Key used that momentum to complete the best selling novel How to to Pick Up Women with a Drunk Space Ninja in 2017. It debuted with Star Wheel Books in 2018.

Jay now lives in a suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth with his wife, Shelley, their daughter, Finley, and their French bulldog, Olive.


Jay is a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.





*How to Pick Up Women with a Drunk Space Ninja hit #1 on the Amazon Humorous Science Fiction chart on 11/18/18

Reviews

[Mrs. Garen L. Herd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

Book 2 is just as action packed as book 1, but most of the action is in an arena with a tournament. No sex, some innuendo, lots of laughs, lots of danger, lots of fighting and action, and some mystery. Highly recommend if you like futuristic space themes.

[Todd I. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than the first (and I gave that 5 stars). The fight scenes are epic. I know it's not story-related but I love the cover art in this series.

[DSP · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than the first and the first was darn good. Love the fight scenes.

[Wongi · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5* Good addition to the series. I look forward to the next issue of the set.

[S.K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best one of the three. I read this in a single day. Closest thing to a can’t put down sci-fi comedy that I’ve read.

[Atz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spoilers.

Similar vibe to the first book although the story line is more edging with a gladiator type tournament where contestants are fighting for a prize.

Would recommend.