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Available
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Series
Collection
Publication
Ace (2006), Edition: First Paperback Edition, 281 pages
Description
What's a millionaire bachelor to do? Join the army-with his butler! Captain Willard Phule is the only officer in the Space Legion with his own butler, but Beeker has stuck with him through thick and thin. Which is why Phule simply can't comprehend why his butler would run off-planet without a word-and take with him Omega Company's lovely new medic. Without his right-hand man, Phule has no idea what his left hand is doing. So he takes off after his errant butler, just as General Blitzkrieg decides to make a surprise visit to Zenobia. And the only thing Blitz would like better than catching Phule off guard is to catch Phule AWOL . . .
User reviews
LibraryThing member Homechicken
These books seem to me to be going downhill—and this was the worst so far. This book was full of frustrating encounters with short-lived characters and a planet-hopping plot that just couldn’t hold it together. I will probably never re-read this book.
LibraryThing member SunnySD
There may be no Phule like an old Phule, but this whole premise is pretty darn Phule-ish.
When Beeker and the company's new medic disappear together, a Port-a-Brain security setting forces Phule to go chasing them across multiple planets with little success. Chasing after him, two members of his
What should be an entertaining romp still is, if you're blessed with an imagination that lets you envisage something out of Laurell and Hardy or a Marx brothers flick. But the dialogue is uninspired and the "humor" falls a bit flat.
When Beeker and the company's new medic disappear together, a Port-a-Brain security setting forces Phule to go chasing them across multiple planets with little success. Chasing after him, two members of his
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own company attempt to keep him safe while staying out of sight. Back at home, the company's faced with it's own set of problems in the shape of a surprise inspection by the top, extremely unfriendly, brass.What should be an entertaining romp still is, if you're blessed with an imagination that lets you envisage something out of Laurell and Hardy or a Marx brothers flick. But the dialogue is uninspired and the "humor" falls a bit flat.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2006
Physical description
281 p.; 4.14 inches
ISBN
0441014232 / 9780441014231