Reboots: Undead Can Dance
Reboots series collection
Mercedes Lackey & Cody Martin
The Stellar Guild series paired veteran authors with promising new authors of their choosing, with each writer crafting a story in the same universe…
Space travel is tough. No air, cosmic radiation, absolute lack of other life-sustaining essentials.
What better way to deal with space travel than to man ships with creatures that regenerate or don't need air, or are immune to various maladies?
In a future world where zombies, vampires and werewolves co-exist with 'normal' humans on Earth, these ships are staffed by a motley crew of various types of undead or near-dead creatures.
Of course no one really knows what happens when zombies and vampires are squeezed together in the close confines of a spaceship.
Don't you love surprises?
Contains novellas first published as Reboots, 2013 and Reboots: Diabolical Streak, 2014.
The novella “The Somnambulist Waltz” appears in this collection only.
Praise for the Reboots novellas:
"Film noir runs smack-dab into space opera in Lackey and Martin’s sequel to Reboots, which populated an SF universe with paranormal creatures."
—Publishers Weekly
"The wonderful story, a clever mixing of the paranormal and space opera subgenres, is a classic tale of espionage. From the outset, Martin, through deft use of self-deprecating humor, makes Skinny Jim a sympathetic protagonist who the reader desperately wants to “survive.” Martin’s writing is easygoing and comfortable, his characters well rounded and personable, and the story’s conceit both familiar and exciting. One can easily see why Lackey, who shares many similar writing traits, would pick Martin as an author to watch. I’d certainly like to see more stories from Martin, particularly in this same universe with a broader range of paranormal beings"
—Grasping for the Wind
"We like this book, we like this book a LOT!"
—Scribble’s Worth Book Reviews