
The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly
(A book in the Rats, Bats and Vats series)(2004)
A novel by
Eric Flint and Dave Freer
Victory! The triumphal return of the cyber-uplifted rats and bats is greeted with the reward the HAR Army traditionally gives its best:
Arrest, detention without trial, and a firing squad at dawn.
Chip Connolly, vat-bred other-ranker hero, comes home from conquest of several million alien Magh', to find that was the easy bit. The real enemy, the enemy within, has not yet even begun to fight.
Now, the rats and bats have to raise the revolution. Or, at least make sure that someone with opposable thumbs survives to open screw-caps. The alien menace lurks in their midst, since the aliens have harnessed that most dangerous foe against them: human bureaucracy. They have to take on the secret police and an alien starship armed with missiles and lasers. All they have is superglue, an armored golf-cart and a delight in mayhem. Surely, they are doomed.
But wait: who is this hero leaping through the darkness? He's a macho hidalgo without peer. His voice is like thunder. . . . His lemur-like body would fit in a soup-cup. However, his waistcoat is immaculate.
Only Fluff can save them now, with a bit of help from Elvis. And some burnin' love.
Arrest, detention without trial, and a firing squad at dawn.
Chip Connolly, vat-bred other-ranker hero, comes home from conquest of several million alien Magh', to find that was the easy bit. The real enemy, the enemy within, has not yet even begun to fight.
Now, the rats and bats have to raise the revolution. Or, at least make sure that someone with opposable thumbs survives to open screw-caps. The alien menace lurks in their midst, since the aliens have harnessed that most dangerous foe against them: human bureaucracy. They have to take on the secret police and an alien starship armed with missiles and lasers. All they have is superglue, an armored golf-cart and a delight in mayhem. Surely, they are doomed.
But wait: who is this hero leaping through the darkness? He's a macho hidalgo without peer. His voice is like thunder. . . . His lemur-like body would fit in a soup-cup. However, his waistcoat is immaculate.
Only Fluff can save them now, with a bit of help from Elvis. And some burnin' love.
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Hardback Editions
September 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Rats, the Bats & the Ugly (The RBV series) Author(s): Eric Flint, Dave Freer Publisher: Baen Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Rats, the Bats & the Ugly (Rats, Bats & Vats) Author(s): Eric Flint, Dave Freer ISBN: 0-7434-8846-6 / 978-0-7434-8846-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Baen Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2006 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Rats, the Bats & the Ugly Author(s): Eric Flint, Dave Freer ISBN: 1-4165-2078-3 / 978-1-4165-2078-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Baen Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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