For fans of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams who enjoy their philosophy disguised as prehistoric absurdity.
Gronk discovered fire. This is a matter of historical record. The record is a rock with a scratch on it that might also mean "fish," but that's beside the point.
The point is that Gronk is now the greatest detective in the world. He is also the only detective in the world, but competition has never been the measure of greatness, especially when you're the one keeping track.
In the vertical metropolis of CaveGoUp, where civilization has discovered the advantages of building upward and not yet reckoned with the consequences of everything that flows downward, someone has been bonked. This happens all the time. Brothers bonk brothers. It's practically a pastime. But this particular bonking has caused the vegetables to stop, and vegetables are what make the dinosaur stew taste like food instead of regret.
The Council of MakeItSomeoneElsesProblem has made it Gronk's problem.
What follows involves dangerous economic theories, a village full of suspiciously clean people, the invention of the wheel, and the sort of trouble that starts when someone figures out you can get something for nothing by moving things from one place to another.
Genre: Fantasy
Gronk discovered fire. This is a matter of historical record. The record is a rock with a scratch on it that might also mean "fish," but that's beside the point.
The point is that Gronk is now the greatest detective in the world. He is also the only detective in the world, but competition has never been the measure of greatness, especially when you're the one keeping track.
In the vertical metropolis of CaveGoUp, where civilization has discovered the advantages of building upward and not yet reckoned with the consequences of everything that flows downward, someone has been bonked. This happens all the time. Brothers bonk brothers. It's practically a pastime. But this particular bonking has caused the vegetables to stop, and vegetables are what make the dinosaur stew taste like food instead of regret.
The Council of MakeItSomeoneElsesProblem has made it Gronk's problem.
What follows involves dangerous economic theories, a village full of suspiciously clean people, the invention of the wheel, and the sort of trouble that starts when someone figures out you can get something for nothing by moving things from one place to another.
Genre: Fantasy
Used availability for David Edward's Gronk: Caveman Detective