Bøker av Kevin O'Donnell

Third book in the rollicking, galaxy-spanning SF adventure series that will make your imagination spin!McGill Feighan is able to "fling"-or teleport-himself or anything else as far away as he can imagine. As such, he makes a rather substantial living by flinging anything and everything, for a fee, to the far corners of the universe.His real quest, though, is to find the Far Being Retzglaran, who has meddled in his life since birth.Oh, and he's trying to avoid the dread Organization, which is trying to kill him at every turn. They've had a contract out on his life since he was four days old, but they've been unsuccessful. So far.Now McGill teams up with an Actuni plant-monk-who is not your everyday sentient cactus-as they flee the PsychSection of the Flinger Network and seek an encounter with the most ancient of all mysteries. It is a thorny dilemma indeed.

A rollicking, galaxy-spanning SF adventure series that will make your imagination spin!McGill Feighan is a "flinger"-able to teleport himself or anything else as far away as he can imagine (as long as he's been there before). He can travel across the universe in a flicker and a flash.But that's not all.The Far Being, known as Retzglaran, has interfered with McGill from his birth, and is the source of his powers...and his persecution.When McGill was only four days old, an interstellar crime syndicate known as The Organization put out a contract on his life.What does the universe have against him? And can he learn to control his powers enough to survive the assortment of people who have taken far too much interest in his life...As a young man, McGill sets off on an unguided quest for the Far Being, a journey that will take him to the most fantastic worlds, among the most incredible alien species. It might be a fun adventure...if the whole galaxy wasn't out to kill him.

Transient. Ethereal. Delicate.Insignificant. Mere insects...Like all the human beings trapped aboard a vast starship on a generations-long journey to a new home.The Mayflower is run by an immortal captain who views himself as a god. Gerard Metaclura was just a normal man until a terrible accident left him near dead, his body destroyed. But his brain was installed as the sentient command core of the generation ship.At first Gerard was confused by what happened to him. Then angry. Then bored.Now he is the ship, controlling everything on board ... including 25,000 helpless human passengers.These mayflies...Transient. Ethereal. Delicate.But maybe they're not willing to be so helpless and insignificant after all...

A gritty dystopian future.Cities in the ruins of Earth have turned into Jungles.Safe havens to shelter the rich, the privileged...but not so safe.He rules this part of the Jungle, a young man, a streetwise leader, a legend.They call him BANDER SNATCH.Now a powerful, telepathic alien race has chosen Bander Snatch for a new mission, and he must meet the ultimate test both on his own, devastated turf and the most exotic of worlds.

An epic adventure of interplanetary warfare from the author of the McGill Feighan series.The aliens wanted to use their world for war games. The humans were ordered to leave or die.Some left.Some died.Some didn't.This is the story of Lieutenant Darcy Lee. She and her comrades in the human military found themselves in a desperate face-off against giant alien vessels. Against impossible odds and incomprehensible alien technology, they had their imagination, guts ... and maybe a little bit of blind luck.

From the author of the Journeys of McGill Feighan seriesErased = VictoryWhat if you created a devastating technology-the Time-Space Separator Unit, the "Tisser"-that could literally erase a person or place from the time-space continuum, as if they had never existed?What if you were part of a rebel group rising up against a corrupt, oppressive government?What if you decided to use the Tisser as a weapon and eliminate your enemies from the fabric of the universe itself?What is the true price of freedom? And how do you patch up the holes you leave behind?

Second book in the rollicking, galaxy-spanning SF adventure series that will make your imagination spin!McGill Feighan is able to "fling"-teleport-himself or anything else as far away as he can imagine. He embarked on a quest across the universe in search of the Far Being, who has meddled in his life since birth.But it's not so simple to find an elusive supreme being, especially when McGill is pursued by the dread Organization, which has a contract out on his life.McGill's journeys take him to the seaworld Delurc, whose inhabitants combine the sociability of sharks with the compassion of piranhas. This is not exactly a perfect place for a nineteen-year-old with healthy hormones...It looks like McGill Feighan is in some hot water...but fortunately, he's unsinkable!

The final volume of The Journeys of McGill Feighan, an award-winning space opera series by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.It was supposed to be a fun weekend on Rehma, a planet of nestlings and birdsong. Instead, McGill Feighan encounters a mutant virus and repeated assaults by galactic goons who have wanted him dead since he was four days old.And McGill isn't any closer to finding the Far Being.So he sets out with the assistance of the crimson-crested Dr. Th'hweet to put things right on Rehma. It's going to take an alien wing and a prayer...

An epic adventure of interplanetary warfare from the author of the McGill Feighan series.The aliens wanted to use their world for war games. The humans were ordered to leave or die.Some left.Some died.Some didn't.This is the story of Lieutenant Darcy Lee. She and her comrades in the human military found themselves in a desperate face-off against giant alien vessels. Against impossible odds and incomprehensible alien technology, they had their imagination, guts ... and maybe a little bit of blind luck.

Transient. Ethereal. Delicate.Insignificant. Mere insects...Like all the human beings trapped aboard a vast starship on a generations-long journey to a new home.The Mayflower is run by an immortal captain who views himself as a god. Gerard Metaclura was just a normal man until a terrible accident left him near dead, his body destroyed. But his brain was installed as the sentient command core of the generation ship.At first Gerard was confused by what happened to him. Then angry. Then bored.Now he is the ship, controlling everything on board ... including 25,000 helpless human passengers.These mayflies...Transient. Ethereal. Delicate.But maybe they're not willing to be so helpless and insignificant after all...

Second book in the rollicking, galaxy-spanning SF adventure series that will make your imagination spin!McGill Feighan is able to "fling"-teleport-himself or anything else as far away as he can imagine. He embarked on a quest across the universe in search of the Far Being, who has meddled in his life since birth.But it's not so simple to find an elusive supreme being, especially when McGill is pursued by the dread Organization, which has a contract out on his life.McGill's journeys take him to the seaworld Delurc, whose inhabitants combine the sociability of sharks with the compassion of piranhas. This is not exactly a perfect place for a nineteen-year-old with healthy hormones...It looks like McGill Feighan is in some hot water...but fortunately, he's unsinkable!

A rollicking, galaxy-spanning SF adventure series that will make your imagination spin!McGill Feighan is a "flinger"-able to teleport himself or anything else as far away as he can imagine (as long as he's been there before). He can travel across the universe in a flicker and a flash.But that's not all.The Far Being, known as Retzglaran, has interfered with McGill from his birth, and is the source of his powers...and his persecution.When McGill was only four days old, an interstellar crime syndicate known as The Organization put out a contract on his life.What does the universe have against him? And can he learn to control his powers enough to survive the assortment of people who have taken far too much interest in his life...As a young man, McGill sets off on an unguided quest for the Far Being, a journey that will take him to the most fantastic worlds, among the most incredible alien species. It might be a fun adventure...if the whole galaxy wasn't out to kill him.

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