Firefly: Carnival

The Firefly Series, Book 6

By: Una McCormack

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

A heist by the Serenity crew goes badly wrong in a captivating original Firefly tie-in novel from the award-winning series by Titan Books.

City of sin

Neapolis: a desert city on planet Bethel where all manner of entertainment is found: High-stakes gambling, luxurious hotels, exclusive clubs, and any form of diversion imaginable may be had for a price. It’s the eve of the annual carnival: three days of decadent revelry, and Serenity arrives to take a security job, guarding a costly shipment.

An unattainable ransom

Tragedy strikes: The shipment is stolen, and the wealthy owner kidnaps Zoë and Book, holding them to ransom for the lost shipment’s value. If Mal can’t find the enormous sum of 500 platinum by the next evening, both of them will be killed.

A race against time

As the carnival begins, the crew must attempt the impossible, calling on contacts, calling in favors, and revealing hidden talents to save their crewmates’ lives. Meanwhile, the hostages have their own plans....

©2021 Uma McCormack (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

I love these novels!

loved it. devoted it on one sitting. I can't get enough of the firefly universe.

One of my favorites

I loved the television show, and I love the book tapes. I think this is the longest of the books which I really appreciate. I don’t like spending a whole credit on anything under six hours.

Firefly Lives On

Solid well constructed story with nice closure at the end. well delivered voice performance, near flawless and engaging.

The best Firefly Novel so far....

It's funny. It's dramatic and it's far batter balanced (characater-wise), than the previous novels. I liked that for the first time in all Firefly novels Inara had finally something to do. The other authors obviously had a little allergy to our beloved companion, so this is a welcomed change.

lots of action and true to the characters

Narrator does a great job of staying true to each characters inflection and it makes it easy to follow. lots of action and plot twists, very enjoyable.

Too similar to the episode on the tv series, but still a good listen.

Too similar to the episode on the tv series, but still a good listen. Good addition to the series. And while similar, has a twist that has you cheating for the crew.

Great narrator

The narrator is able to differentiate the character voices enough to know who’s speaking without having to have it explained to you. And all without being over the top with the character voices.

Best One So Far

We love Firefly and we're happy when we found this series continues. of all we've listened to so far this one is the best. love the fact they focused on Shepherd Book and Zoey this time. hope they do some more on them. definitely will listen to this again.

Filling in the blanks

I love it. I live the continuing of the story of solidify the characters and falling in Korea with them all over again.

Best novel in the series so far

The others have all been enjoyable, but this one had multiple plot threads and complexity to its story, finely & finally coming together in the end. Every character shone and some scenes were not just funny, but laugh out loud funny.

I’ll keep going through the series, and I’ve enjoyed the ride with all of them, but this is the one to beat.