[Green Charisma Chronicles 02] • The Bootlegger Broadcast

Cinematographer Ian “Mac” MacIntyre and his holovid actors are broke and desperate. They need an exciting backdrop for their new holo-adventure, Green Charisma.

When a mysterious message offers employment off planet, Mac and his actors take the job. Specifically, a charity group needs smugglers to deliver medicine to the tortoise-like Clodhopper people. However, getting the medicine to the Clodhopper planet means avoiding three local authorities who would arrest them for transporting illegal drugs, bloodthirsty pirates intent on stealing their cargo, and persecution by the hare-like Polavians that occupy Clodhopper as a foreign force.

Mac’s plans for the perfect bootlegger broadcast go awry when they are caught during their smuggling operation. If Mac doesn’t come up with a new plan fast, the Clodhoppers are going to succumb to disease, and he and his actors are going to die in prison.