Petrogypsies

English

ISBN: 0981986617

EAN: 9780981986616

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / General/Fiction / Action & Adventure/

Publisher: DarkStar Books

Release Date: 12/31/2009

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: This critically-acclaimed science fiction novel is set in an alternate universe in which organic, semi-sentient, alien-engineered oilfield drilling rigs roam the plains of Texas and the Southwest in search of petroleum. Petrogypsies is the first in Harpers series about the great drilling beast, Sprocket, his best friend, former farmer Henry Lee MacFarland, and the rowdy, musical crew of petrogypsies who travel with them in their quest for fortune, romance, and adventure. For Sprocket and Henry Lee, it was love at first blow-out ...Henry Lee MacFarland is a big ugly man, a farmer who is so strong that he has to be gentle, whether hes dealing with livestock or with normal people. Sprocket is a hundred and twelve feet of healthy young male Driller, dark as a moonless night, with a spiked tongue that can bore four miles into the earth in his relentless quest for the thing he loves best--Texas heavy crude oil. Doc, Razer, Big Mac, and the others in Sprockets crew are the roughest, rowdiest bunch in the oilpatch. They live inside of Sprockets body and travel like gypsies from one drilling job to another. They work like animals. Party like em, too. Then theres Star, the stunning Casing gypsy who has a hankering for fine cigars, a killer instinct at poker, and a taste for big, ugly, strong men. Looking for adventure, Henry Lee leaves the farm behind and signs on with Sprockets crew. He gets a helluva lot more adventure--as in monsters, mayhem, and murder--than he bargained for.

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Petrogypsies

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Edition: 2

Height: 0.5 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 12.03 oz

Pages: 250