Out of the Soylent Planet - Paperback

by Robert Kroese (Author)

A prequel to the book NYT bestselling author Hugh Howey called "One of my favorite space romps of all time!"

"I laughed out loud (like, guffawing) on multiple occasions while reading this book." - Brian G.

"This and Starship Grifters is an excellent entry point into the insane adventures of the galaxy's greatest wheeler-dealer. Not to be missed!" - Robert D.

"Utterly hilarious." - Bernie V.

Interstellar con man Rex Nihilo has a price tag on his head. Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from Ubiqorp, a corporation which reaps obscene profits by keeping the planet dependent on shipments of synthetic rations. When Rex and his robot companion Sasha are sentenced to work as slave labor on a massive Ubiqorp plantation, they learn the terrible secret behind the corporation's products. To escape, Rex and Sasha team up with a mis-programmed combat drone and an intelligent mutant plant to lead a rebellion against their merciless corporate overlords.

Out of the Soylent Planet is a novel-length prequel to Starship Grifters, the book NYT bestselling author Hugh Howey called "one of my favorite space romps of all time."

Praise for Starship Grifters

"My favorite read this year. A hilarious space adventure. Hard book to put down." ―Hugh Howey, author of Wool

"I am reminded of Harry Harrison... but Rex Nihilo novels are like 10x funnier than Stainless Steel Rat." ―Travis Corcoran, Prometheus Award-winning author of The Powers of the Earth

"Fiendishly clever." ―Frederick Heimbach, author of Ronald Reagan's Brilliant Bullet

"Starship Grifters is one of the funniest things I've ever experienced. It is certainly the funniest book I've read." ―N.R. LaPoint, author of Chalk

"Laugh-out loud funny. I loved every page of it. If you like sci-fi and laughter, this is the book for you!" ―Rob Blackwell, author of The Forest of Forever

"This is a funny, funny book. It is loveably absurd and ridiculously extravagant."
― Benjamin Espen

"Damn, I laughed.... This novel is funny, and should be approached only by those looking for a damn good reason to laugh." ―John Daulton

"Funny SF is tricky. Funny SF that holds up over an entire novel is a rarity. The writing in this book is sharp, tight, and clever. I laughed out loud enough to lose track of tally or occurrence. In a word, this novel is SMART." ―SFFAudio.com

"It's kind of like Foucault's Pendulum in space but without 500 pages of Italians discussing European history." ―Castalia House

"Kroese is the premier writer of humorous genre fiction in the indie sphere." ―J. Manfred Weichsel, author of Five Maidens on the Pentagram