#20 - The Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad, by Minister Faust
Hamza and Yehat are ultimately geeky black college-educated roommates in Edmonton, Canada, best friends since grade school, who run day camps for the kids in their neighborhood and are two all-around nice guys. But they're what you might call underachievers: Hamza's a dish-washer, Yehat works at the local movie rental store. But they're the Coyote Kings, and everyone knows it.
Things start to go awry for our two heroes when Hamza meets (and falls head over heels for) the beautiful, mysterious and world-traveled Sherem, who's involved in a situation involving bizarre drugs, weird superpowers, 7000-year old plots, and the possible End Of Life As We Know It.
This book is surreal, quirky (each POV character has their own D&D-style character sheet!) and sometimes difficult to follow, as it's not always clear in whose POV you're reading. Also, the author uses phonetic spelling for some of the characters which I also found difficult to follow. But it's fast-paced and a lot of fun, as well as laugh out loud funny in places.
I LOVED the characterization; I think that was the strongest part of the story. The author did a good job of making sure none of the characters were cut-outs. And how can you not like main characters who quote Star Wars and argue over Star Trek plots? :D
Go read it!
Things start to go awry for our two heroes when Hamza meets (and falls head over heels for) the beautiful, mysterious and world-traveled Sherem, who's involved in a situation involving bizarre drugs, weird superpowers, 7000-year old plots, and the possible End Of Life As We Know It.
This book is surreal, quirky (each POV character has their own D&D-style character sheet!) and sometimes difficult to follow, as it's not always clear in whose POV you're reading. Also, the author uses phonetic spelling for some of the characters which I also found difficult to follow. But it's fast-paced and a lot of fun, as well as laugh out loud funny in places.
I LOVED the characterization; I think that was the strongest part of the story. The author did a good job of making sure none of the characters were cut-outs. And how can you not like main characters who quote Star Wars and argue over Star Trek plots? :D
Go read it!