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    Ship's Boy
    Ship's Boy
    Ship's Boy
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    Ship's Boy

    By Phil Geusz

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    Once upon a time there was a boy named David, who slew a terrible foe...

    David Birkenhead might have been only twelve years old, but his entire life was already laid out for him. First his father was supposed to teach him how to run a starship's engine room. Then, when the time came, he'd take over the job himself. This was the way of things for slavebunnies like David; luxuries like career-choices were reserved for humans only. Not that David was complaining-- compared to the farmbunnies or domestic-servant rabbits, he had it made. There was even a pretty doe waiting for him in the wings.

    Then the ships of the Boyen Emperor arrived on David's homeworld and nothing could ever be the same again. Great Houses of Nobility would contest for power, kingdoms would teeter on the edge of oblivion...

    ...and out of the resulting vortex young David would bring peace and justice to a thousand worlds.

    Soon to be a Graphic Novel, check out our Kickstarter:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/652502502/the-david-birkenhead-project-book-1

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLegion Printing
    Release dateJun 11, 2012
    ISBN9781476331584
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      Arrr....Suspend my disbelief... Right, there will be space travel one day. We have it now of course, but travel between the stars will happen, even if it is only generational ships.But very large, Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter size bunnies, cognizant and able to act as a ship's Engineer?No...This is not a great tale. First because of the bunnie issue, which is a euphemism for race relations around the era of WWII in the US Navy. Blacks could only be stewards in the mess, and peel potatoes. They were not to be anywhere else. Then we have the issue of death and how a son reacts to their father's demise. The hero of this story really does not react at all. He is on the hop, as it were all the time and so does not think of that, yet has a great deal of character development time to think of everything else, such as the issue of society and class.And just to grease the wheels, the little bunny that could, saves the next King so he can become the richest bunny their ever was, and get all he wants as well. I said this was a fantasy, I mean Science Fiction... Amazon's recommendation system kept throwing this at me, since I buy and read many Sci-Fi's.If the author had thought a little more about what he presented, for instance an older protagonist who would have enough knowledge to survive, instead of presenting one who had barely any training, as well as one who had the emotions of loss, it might be a compelling tale. As it is, I can't suspend my disbelief to read any more in the series.

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