Hey, y’all! đ Jacob’s next Baen Books title, Freelancers of Neptune, releases this October – but if you’d like a little taste of what’s to come, check out his short story “Release the Cyber-Kraken!” in Raconteur Press’ latest anthology!
Space Cowboys 5: Cattle Drive
Raconteur Press Anthologies #27
Edited by LawDog
Published by Raconteur Press
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When every inch of our planet has been explored, from the depths of the sea to the top of every mountain, Space and her untamed frontiers will still be beckoning us, calling us to go beyond the farthest star and see what there is to see.
Old Sam Clemens once said that History donât repeat itself, but it do rhyme. In Space, we got a vast, unexplored, mysterious, and dangerous frontier. Weâll have herds of some kind to watch over and to drive to market. Most times weâll be far and beyond the reach of âcivilization,â with their myriad of laws, lawyers, and politicians. Those tough enough to carve out a living will need the independent, rugged spirit of the cowboy to survive. There will be leeches and villains, for sure, heroes and anti-heroes, and some folks just trying to eke out a living. If we choose to tell their tales draped in the lingo and trappings of the cowboy, thatâs just another rhyme, with form following the function.
If youâre new to the Space Cowboy series, youâre in for a treat. These ten stories, from ten different authors, are where youâll find Explorers charting new frontiers in space, Trailhands and Drovers watching over their cattle on alien plains, and Lawdogs of every stripe meting out frontier justice, and doing their best to make sure scallywags with evil intent donât win in the end. These cowboys and cowgirls donât back down from a challenge. Itâs not in their nature.
(From the Introduction written by Rick Cutler)
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