Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc

by Ash Bishop

“This book is so much fun it ought to be illegal in all known galaxies.” —Jesse Kellerman, NYT bestselling author of The Burning

“For those who like space adventures with mystery, intrigue, and some scary beasties, this will be an engaging read.” —Booklist

Finding work is easy. Staying alive is a little bit harder.

When Russ Wesley finds an unusual artifact in his grandfather’s collection of rare antiquities, the last thing he expects is for it to draw the attention of a ferocious alien from a distant planet. Equally surprising is the adventurous team of intergalactic exterminators dispatched to deal with the alien threat. They’re a little wild, and a little reckless. Worse yet, they’re so impressed with Russ’s marksmanship that they insist he join their squad . . . whether he wants to or not.

• ISBN13: 9780744305821
• Publish Date: 30 September 2023 (first published 6 September 2022)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: CamCat Publishing, LLC
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 416
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc is a swashbuckling SF adventure story with an ensemble cast of likeable oddballs and misfits imagined by Ash Bishop. Released 6th Sept 2022 by CamCat Books, it's 416 pages and is available in hardcover, paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.

This is a sort of hapless-Earth-guy-gets-dragged-into-adventure with bug-hunting aspects for good measure. It's not at all derivative, but fans of testosterone fueled alien SF (a la Correia, Eric Flint, John Scalzi, and the other boys in the band) will find a lot to love here. Like much of the subgenre, it's rollicking, full of rapidly developing violence and mayhem and the plot is moved along from action scene to action scene with minimum filler.

I received a very early unedited copy which was admittedly choppy and difficult to parse in some places, but the editorial notes provided for review said that the ARCs were pre-edit. Despite the difficulties, it's a story with clearly good bones and the action scenes are well described and choreographed.

Four stars. Recommended for fans of action adventure SF. I really enjoyed it. Recommended for fans of adventure SF doorstop books (the paperback has over 600 pages).

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.