Give the Hippo What He Wants

A mind-blowing science fiction thriller from an award-winning Star Trek and Doctor Who author! In the baseball league of the future, losing the World Series will get you the death penalty. Nobody cares if anti-MVP Thal Simoleon choked because of an opera-singing pink hippo that only he can see. Angry fans hunt him down in murderous mobs, dying to get a piece of him. And that damn pink hippo taunts him every step of the way, always making things worse. But the sins of the past that set the death hunt in motion might also point the way to salvation. Will the pink hippo's terrible secret be the key that leads Thal back to some kind of glory? Or will he die in extra innings of the bloodiest high-tech basebrawl of all time? Only the hippo knows.

This masterpiece of scifi adventure will race you out to the edge of reality, blow your mind, and kick your ass. Don't miss the uncut version of this legendary story, available here from Tsetse Press for the first time anywhere.

Reviews

Robert T. Jeschonek "sees the world like no one else sees it, and makes incredibly witty, incisive stories out of that skewed worldview." – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Starship series

"Jeschonek´s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read…" – Fábio Fernandes, Fantasy Book Critic

Contents

Story plus novel preview

About the Author

Award-winning science fiction author Robert T. Jeschonek has written Star Trek and Doctor Who fiction and futuristic stories for books, magazines, websites, and podcasts around the world. He won the national grand prize in the Strange New Worlds writing contest from Pocket Books. He is one of a handful of authors chosen to write stories in the Star Trek: New Frontier universe. DC Comics, Simon Schuster, and DAW have published his work. His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, is due July 11, 2011 from Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and is available for pre-order from your favorite bookseller.

Visit Robert T. Jeschonek online at The Fictioneer website, [www.thefictioneer.com](http://www.thefictioneer.com). You can also find him on Facebook. For news on his latest online projects, visit the Tsetse Press website at [www.tsetsepress.com](http://www.tsetsepress.com).