The Problem with Goblins
(2026)(The sixth book in the Toolbert is Here to Help series)
A novel by Morgan Quaid
Captured on a goblin homeworld. Interrogated by a clueless corporate commander. Forced to pretend he's a Hollywood method-actor. Worst. Rescue. Mission. Ever.
Toolbert Zeta12 thought he was finally getting the hang of being a biological pirate captain. But attempting a rescue mission on Grobnock,a smog-choked planet of vapes, engine grease, and angry goblins, was always bound to end in catastrophic failure.
His exit strategy? Getting captured aboard a massive FLEECE-Corp battle dreadnought! But instead of being atomized as a filthy pirate, Toolbert is dragged before Commander Chad Chadworthy—who is inexplicably convinced that Toolbert is "Florida Bert," a famous celebrity actor scouting galactic locations for a trashy reality TV spinoff!
To survive, a logical helper bot must pull off the performance of a lifetime, playing an unhinged diva actor to fool corporate high command while secretly working with black-ops spy Triss to stop FLEECE-Corp from committing planetary genocide with a weaponized nanobot virus.
Worse? Inside Toolbert’s own intestines, President Kevin and the Identicon Swarm are locked in a bloody biological civil war against Bad Kevin!
Genre: Science Fiction
Toolbert Zeta12 thought he was finally getting the hang of being a biological pirate captain. But attempting a rescue mission on Grobnock,a smog-choked planet of vapes, engine grease, and angry goblins, was always bound to end in catastrophic failure.
His exit strategy? Getting captured aboard a massive FLEECE-Corp battle dreadnought! But instead of being atomized as a filthy pirate, Toolbert is dragged before Commander Chad Chadworthy—who is inexplicably convinced that Toolbert is "Florida Bert," a famous celebrity actor scouting galactic locations for a trashy reality TV spinoff!
To survive, a logical helper bot must pull off the performance of a lifetime, playing an unhinged diva actor to fool corporate high command while secretly working with black-ops spy Triss to stop FLEECE-Corp from committing planetary genocide with a weaponized nanobot virus.
Worse? Inside Toolbert’s own intestines, President Kevin and the Identicon Swarm are locked in a bloody biological civil war against Bad Kevin!
Genre: Science Fiction