Robert J. Sullivan
ASIN: B003U6ZKVA
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages: 250
When Sam Dane arrived on Procrustes he found a city given over to drunken debauchery, with the police overwhelmed by the manic festival and a killer leaving new victims day after day. Not speaking the language and unable to read clues on alien faces, Dane looks for any thread to follow back to the predator, human or alien.Amid the chaos, where every action is colored by species, culture, alcohol, sex, violence, greed, ambition and politics, Dane works against time and the odds to keep the murders from destroying the city. He discovers that it’s easier to bury bodies than secrets, and that there are worse crimes than murder. "They were half way there when it fell apart. Fighting groups surged into them from two directions and Eva was pulled from his hand. Dane applied his blackjack liberally to those around him and when he had a clear space, he went after Eva. Three males and a ...