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The Dan Provocations #1
The Legend of Dan
ASIN B0069CJZSQ moved to the most recent edition
An adult bawdy romp through time, space and credibility. Not for the young or those of delicate sensibilities.
Tom’s pointless life is upended when a sexy visitor whisks him off on a tour of the Universe. Her mission: to stop the Consortium destroying all that is beautiful… or so he thinks. Blinded by her wiles, he is unaware that his guide has an agenda of her own and seems to be doing her best to get him killed.
Enter a malicious mail-order company, a sex-mad race of Viking rejects, multi-armed aliens with a timepiece fetish, a fair amount of beer, and it is only Tom’s masterful incompetence keeping him alive, as he travels to the end of Time and discovers the real reason for the Big Bang.
This is the first of the Dan Series, but is freestanding in itself.
An adult bawdy romp through time, space and credibility. Not for the young or those of delicate sensibilities.
Tom’s pointless life is upended when a sexy visitor whisks him off on a tour of the Universe. Her mission: to stop the Consortium destroying all that is beautiful… or so he thinks. Blinded by her wiles, he is unaware that his guide has an agenda of her own and seems to be doing her best to get him killed.
Enter a malicious mail-order company, a sex-mad race of Viking rejects, multi-armed aliens with a timepiece fetish, a fair amount of beer, and it is only Tom’s masterful incompetence keeping him alive, as he travels to the end of Time and discovers the real reason for the Big Bang.
This is the first of the Dan Series, but is freestanding in itself.
365 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2004
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September 22, 2018
Dark comedy, space adventure, bawdy humour and satire combine in this outrageous piece of fun set in a future dystopia. Androids, aliens, and horribly corrupt multi- galactic corporations – is that the right word for corporations whose economic might spans galaxies? - combine in a jaunt through space and time.
Tom $mith - as a job application rejection letter calls him - has, since his job was outscourced to another planet, drifted into depression. He has even given up visiting the gym for his karate or washing and shaving much. Whether or not he and his wife Frey a- whose very name is a comment on their distant relationship - ever loved each other once, she despises him now.
An extremely attractive woman knocks at the door, introducing herself as ‘Kara-Tay.’ Tom thinks she means ‘karate’ and assuming she is from his class, assures her that he is a ‘Second Dan’. From then on during their wild adventures after she abducts him, that is what she calls him.
She needs him, so she says, as the missing key in a plan to save the universe from the corruption and pollution of the sinister and all powerful Consortium.
They have to do this, with the aid of the brutal barbarian Vac, who makes a stereotypical Viking seem civilized, Tanda, a woman from Vac’s planet, the drunken and unreliable but often surprisingly helpful Magus and beginner’s luck.
During his adventures Tom ‘finds himself’ (I believe, looking at the blurb from one of the later ones in the series, that he really might do just that in one of the future books). He rises to his role of being a hero, and he even – in true knight gallant style – rescues a fair maiden – well, perhaps not exactly a maiden.
I liked the fact that this love object of Tom’s, Suzanne, is witty. Now, how many wise- cracking heroines do you come across, even in today’s writing? Not enough. I also liked the fact that, callous as she is, Kara-Tay is her own – well, person is the nearest term, I suppose…There are two twists in the tale concerning this heartless siren’s origins and motivation that will explain my ambiguity there.
The pace is swift, the writing fluent and the reader finds herself drawn into the necessary suspension of belief. This is also a satire on the absurd hypocrisies of the advanced liberal capitalism of the west, both amusing and also, disturbing. The imaginative scope of the author is remarkable in his depiction of alien life forms, landscapes, and historical permutations.
It is certainly not for those of ‘delicate sensibilities’ (thank you, Jane Austen) and the humour is very dark- but for those, like me, who do enjoytheir humour dark this made for an hilarious, irreverent gallop through space and time.
Tom $mith - as a job application rejection letter calls him - has, since his job was outscourced to another planet, drifted into depression. He has even given up visiting the gym for his karate or washing and shaving much. Whether or not he and his wife Frey a- whose very name is a comment on their distant relationship - ever loved each other once, she despises him now.
An extremely attractive woman knocks at the door, introducing herself as ‘Kara-Tay.’ Tom thinks she means ‘karate’ and assuming she is from his class, assures her that he is a ‘Second Dan’. From then on during their wild adventures after she abducts him, that is what she calls him.
She needs him, so she says, as the missing key in a plan to save the universe from the corruption and pollution of the sinister and all powerful Consortium.
They have to do this, with the aid of the brutal barbarian Vac, who makes a stereotypical Viking seem civilized, Tanda, a woman from Vac’s planet, the drunken and unreliable but often surprisingly helpful Magus and beginner’s luck.
During his adventures Tom ‘finds himself’ (I believe, looking at the blurb from one of the later ones in the series, that he really might do just that in one of the future books). He rises to his role of being a hero, and he even – in true knight gallant style – rescues a fair maiden – well, perhaps not exactly a maiden.
I liked the fact that this love object of Tom’s, Suzanne, is witty. Now, how many wise- cracking heroines do you come across, even in today’s writing? Not enough. I also liked the fact that, callous as she is, Kara-Tay is her own – well, person is the nearest term, I suppose…There are two twists in the tale concerning this heartless siren’s origins and motivation that will explain my ambiguity there.
The pace is swift, the writing fluent and the reader finds herself drawn into the necessary suspension of belief. This is also a satire on the absurd hypocrisies of the advanced liberal capitalism of the west, both amusing and also, disturbing. The imaginative scope of the author is remarkable in his depiction of alien life forms, landscapes, and historical permutations.
It is certainly not for those of ‘delicate sensibilities’ (thank you, Jane Austen) and the humour is very dark- but for those, like me, who do enjoytheir humour dark this made for an hilarious, irreverent gallop through space and time.
October 16, 2015
This sci-fi romp features far too much madness to be listed in any detail here but among my favourite components is a time-travelling real ale that has achieved sentience. That information alone should give you a very clear indication of whether you'll like this book. It's inventive and satirical and I was very pleased to see there was a sequel. (And then another...)
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