It gives me great pleasure to reveal what is – by some margin – the most insane Space Team cover yet. I really wanted it to capture that sense of 80s excess, as the plot riffs off a certain 80s masterpiece (well, several of them, really), and I think Andrew Dobell at Creative Edge Studios has nailed it.
You’ll find the cover below, but first, here’s the blurb.
SPACE TEAM: THE HUNT FOR REDUK TOPA
Sick of all the stress, aggravation, and genocides they’ve endured on an alarmingly regular basis, accidental space hero Cal Carver and his crew set off to start a new life in a distant corner of the galaxy.
Eight tedious days of warp-speed and board games later, they arrive in a sector filled with new hope, new opportunities, and new adventures. Too broke to take advantage of any of these things, they are forced to accept a series of increasingly demeaning jobs just to make ends meet.
When one such job leads them to the offices of a sector-wide TV network, Cal signs-up to star in smash-hit gameshow, The Hunt, hoping to win the big cash prize. What he doesn’t realize is that the show’s premise involves him being chased and killed for the amusement of the viewing public.
Partnered with a fairy-like creature he isn’t entirely convinced exists, Cal must run, fight, and occasionally beg for his life as he attempts to win the game, the money, and his freedom.
But no competitor has ever survived The Hunt, and the network will stop at nothing to keep that record intact…
Featuring unexpected stabbings, maniacal puppets, and a dog with a head like a testicle, Space Team: The Hunt for Reduk Topa is the twelfth book in the Space Team series, and the perfect jumping on point for new readers.
Space Team 12 art by Creative Edge Studio
What do you think? Let me know in the comments below.
It’s awesome! Very excited to read it!
Love the cover, sounds like it’s going to be amazing can’t wait to start…
OK, now I’m interested, gimme a date when you get my money!
Yay sounds amazing can’t wait !
Very-much Pop 80s vibe, great looking cover.
Sounds like the good old days of Space Team, in the nicest possible way!
whats this girl ?
Nice tip of the hat to Tom Clancy
Yes! Bring it ON!!
Awesome…now get caught up on audible. J/k. But some of us cant read it so its cruel to release 3 books on kindle ahead of Audible.
Brilliant! Sign me up!
Can’t wait! When?
I’m on book Six and lovin’ every page!!
So many of us have been wanting more of Cal and the Team….I understand you have a life outside of writing. I just hope for our sake Hollywood doesnt discover you. They can keep Ernest Cline but hands off of Barry please… We love your work and collaboration with Phil. Please throw him a bonus and poke more air holes in his booth….maybe he’ll start cranking them out..
The cover looks great. Can’t wait to get get up to that one. My new years resolution was to get back into reading. I bought a new kindle and bought the first 3 book set from Amazon and I am having a blast. I almost forgot how fun it can be to get lost in a good book. I just finished book 3 the other day and bought the next 3 and I am about half way through book 4. Reading these books brought back memories of the first time I read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the first time I read any of the books in the Disc World series. I can’t wait to read the whole series of Space Team.
Try the audible books. They sound amazing. Great voices and it really adds to the characters.
Sounds like Cal will be getting into a lot of mayhem. But it also sounds a lot like Stephen King’s “Running Man”, however I can’t wait for the Barry touch you will surly be putting on it… I listened to the first 9 books through audible and couldn’t wait any longer so I bought books 10 and 11 awaiting the opportunity to buy book 12 in paper back, any idea when that will be available?
Awesome! I’m on book 8 now, and I’m REALLY hoping book 10 (and of course 11 and 12 as well) will be available on Audible soon… I don’t want to run out of Space Force!
As usual, a very funny and exciting incite into the manic and dysfunctional world of Cal and the Space Team.
A must read…
Love the fonking books! When’s the sequel coming? Need #13, 14, 15,…