**In his hilarious new sci-fi series, Jim C. Hines introduces the
unlikely heroes that may just save the galaxy: a crew of space
janitors.
**
The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of
sentient species. However, they happened to arrive after a mutated
plague wiped out half the planet, turned the rest into shambling,
near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroyed human civilization.
You know--your standard apocalypse.
The Krakau's first impulse was to turn around and go home. (After all,
it's hard to have diplomatic relations with mindless savages who eat
your diplomats.) Their second impulse was to try to fix us. Now, a
century later, human beings might not be what they once were, but at
least they're no longer trying to eat everyone. Mostly.
Marion "Mops" Adamopoulos is surprisingly bright (for a human). As a
Lieutenant on the Earth Mercenary Corps Ship Pufferfish, she's in charge
of the Shipboard Hygiene and Sanitation team. When a bioweapon attack
wipes out the Krakau command crew and reverts the rest of the humans to
their feral state, only Mops and her team are left with their minds
intact.
Escaping the attacking aliens--not to mention her shambling
crewmates--is only the beginning. Sure, Mops and her team of space
janitors and plumbers can clean the ship as well as anyone, but flying
the damn thing is another matter.
As they struggle to keep the Pufferfish functioning and find a cure for
their crew, they stumble onto a conspiracy that could threaten the
entire alliance... a conspiracy born from the truth of what happened on
Earth all those years ago.
Jim C. Hines has proven himself a master of humorous fantasy with his
Jig the Goblin novels, and has turned the usual fantasy tropes sideways
and upside down with his Princess and his Magic Ex Libris series. With
Terminal Alliance, the debut novel in his humorous military science
fiction series, Jim takes us into a brand-new universe of entertainment
certain to appeal to fans of both Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.
