Sliding Scales (A Pip & Flinx Adventure),New

From bestselling author Alan Dean Foster comes a fantastic Pip and Flinx adventure starring a certain twentyfouryearold redhead with emerald eyes and uncanny abilities and his devoted minidragon protector. Time and again, the daring pair have braved countless dangers to emerge victorious. But now Flinx attempts something that may be impossible for the heretofore undefeated hero. His mission: to take a vacation.Never have the cares of the universe lain so heavily on Flinxs shoulders, nor the forces arrayed against him seemed so invincible. Pursued by a newly revealed sect of doomsday fanatics, hunted by factions inside and outside the Commonwealth for transgressions real and imagined, expected to singlehandedly avert a looming galactic crisis (or bear responsibility for the consequences), Flinx can be forgiven for feeling a slight touch of melancholy.Theres only one solution for what ails Flinx, according to his ships AI. But taking time off is tricky business. With an increasing number of enemies chasing him with evergreater enthusiasm, Flinx must find a getaway shrouded in obscurity. Jast, a planet smack in the middle of nowhere, is the perfect locale.Yet even in a place where hardly anyones ever seen a human, Flinx and trouble cant stay separated for long. Unfortunately, Flinx hasnt a clue that his vacation paradise is in reality a danger zone of the highest magnitude. And by the time he learns the truth, it may be too late.