The Rider

Galactic Football League Novellas, Book 4

By: Scott Sigler, Paul E. Cooley

Narrated by: Scott Sigler

The Rider is a GFL novella co-written by Scott Sigler and Paul E Cooley. It is the story of The Roughland Ridgebacks captain, Poughkeepsie Pete, and his favorite mount, Old Bess the Tyrannosaurus Rex. They play dinolition, and they are the best team in the game.

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A spectacular addition

A must read for the fans of GFL.
The story is solid and can stand alone without reading any other book.
Scott's performance is excellent, enhanced by a quality sound editor.
If something like the final chapters could organically find its way into book 6/7, oh what a special sight that would be again.

cool book

I love this book is action packed and the characters make you fall in love with them

So good you will not want it to end.

I have been a long time "listener " of this author and it's about time they turn one of his many stories into a movie. Dig the Sig

excellent

as with all sigler books, absolutely amazing, I real great in between for the gfl books

What an absolute banger!

Sigler does it again! Absolutely love this universe and dinolition is such a great concept! I'd love to see a full series of this sport expanded upon in the world of the gfl!

Dino-rific

Another great story from the mind of Sigler. if you're a fan of the GFL you won't be disappointed. it's as exciting as riding a rapture on top of a T-Rex ^_^

amazing! one of the FDO'S best ones yet.

I loved this novella. Especially with the cross over of key characters from the GFL series. Absolutely worth the time.

What's not to love

Great book, fits in nicely with the GFL series. It gets a little slow in the middle but the end it certainly worth it!!!

Dinosaur demolition derby! In Space!

The long-anticipated fourth GFL novella was well worth the wait. Expanding on a brief introduction in The All-Pro (book three in the Galactic Football League), The Rider follows the struggles of a burgeoning sport's rising star, Poughkeepsie Pete. The fascinating sport that has small riders riding big monsters in games of joust, capture the flag, tug of war and others gets a more fleshed-out treatment here, as we follow Pete and his team of riders as they struggle with day-to-day money issues and the complications of riding literal monsters into mock-combat.

This novella (in category only, as it's pretty much a full-length novel) pulls together elements from many other GFL stories as well as the rest of the Siglerverse, featuring sentients and creatures that have barely been mentioned in other stories. The story follows the closing of the 10th season of Dinolition as the sport's premier rider, Poughkeepsie Pete, has to deal with upstart attitudes, money problems, mount issues, and the ever-present threat of gangster financing.

Once again, Gredok the Splithead features in this storyline. He's such a great character - one of my favorites - and it seems that every appearance in every story adds more and more complex layers onto his personality.

If your appetite was whet by the peek into Dinolition from The All-Pro, this story will satisfy your craving and more. It's also a fine standalone work, with a gripping plot and a bunch of new characters to love. The game wheel is spinning, and we're all hoping it lands on 'Book Two' !

Magic in an Audio.

My job forces Me into long stretches of driving. I listen to at least 8 to 12 hours of audio per night. I have listened to The Name of the Wind. The Girl with all the Gifts. The Stand. The Dark Tower, You name it.

This audiobook is better. Aside from armored dwarves, riding T-Rexs, this book holds the same spark which made the Sandlot a hit.

It has goosebumps, on multiple occasions, I got them. The action is grade A.

But there is more than that. The Author does not sacrifice any ingredient. There is no meandering around. Yet there is also no rushed characters or situations to make way for the plot.

If you gorge on Authors like Stephen King or Patrick Rothfus and dig their books, but just wish things were nit together more precisely.... wishing you didn't have to sludge through a down day where everything in their story was just stale. Give this a listen.

All of the fat is trimmed from this Author's stories... yet the marbling is quite rich indeed. Dig in people.... dig in.