Running from the Deity

A Pip & Flinx Adventure

By: Alan Dean Foster

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

From science-fiction legend Alan Dean Foster comes a thrilling new Pip and Flinx adventure, wherein a certain red-haired, green-eyed young man blessed (or cursed) with strange powers finds himself and his mini-dragon sidekick on a top-secret mission concerning deep space, alien worlds...and a primordial horror intent on devouring all of it.

In the outer depths of the universe lies the Great Emptiness, where something dreadful lurks, hidden behind a great gravitational lens of dark matter. Something horrific that howls and writhes and rages across 300 million light-years of space - and is now heading straight for the Commonwealth and moving faster all the time.

One slim chance exists to avert catastrophe, and only Flinx can take it. Roaming the galaxy is a conscious planet-size weapons system, the legacy of a long-extinct race. As Flinx is the only one who has ever experienced mental contact with the machine, it is his job to find the powerful alien artifact and coax it into joining the battle against the behemoth from beyond.

So Pip and Flinx valiantly sail into the unknown aboard their little spaceship, which is immediately forced down for emergency repairs on planet Arrawd, home to less advanced sentients and therefore off-limits to space travelers. But what with Arrawd being very beautiful, and Flinx being Flinx, this particular rule doesn't stand a chance.

Now, Flinx is no stranger to murderous attacks and stalking assassins - evading them occupies most of his waking hours - but to be besieged by hordes bent on worshipping him as a god? Worse still, escaping this fate is going to be as impossible as fulfilling his dire mission. What's a deity to do?

Listen to another Pip & Flinx adventure.©2006 Del Rey (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Not Impressed

Another protracted sideshow story artificially constituted on top of a very thin basic plot. Better than Bloodhype and Sliding Scales. Not impressed.

Everything

This series is a favorite from JrHigh: phenomenal story with interesting characters and beautiful settings.

Sci-fi, mystery, supernatural, fantasy, political, personal, romantic, action, comedy, tragedy: they have all the elements in variable levels and detail.

And Stephen Rudnicki's performances are powerful, versatile, and truly a great pleasure to listen to(I love his different character voices: Thranx/AAnn/other aliens/unique human voices)

Side adventure of the main theme

good stand alone story, does not require prior books, but of course it helps. Further delve into the internal thinking of Flinx

Running for Flinx

Flinx and Pip are my favorite novels. I have read or listened to them multiple times. My favorite part is when Flinx is all excited to explore and thinks his interacting is safe. Seeing new places and meeting alians sounds awesome even though some are terrifying.

Continuity of the story

I love this series. Great story arc. Alan Dean Foster is awesome. On to the next.