It’s been a while since I read the original series about a band of outlaws on Mars (‘Outlaw MC’) and I’ve been looking forward to finding out how they and their kids are doing twenty years later, in the year 3022. Book nine of ‘Outlaw MC’ – a series I think you should read, not just because of the back story you’d otherwise miss, but because it is a creative, sometimes hilarious and sometimes brutal look at one possible future for humans from Earth – ended well in terms of the political situation on Mars. The corrupt government finally fell and Justice (former president of the Underground MC) was in charge. As it turns out, Justice has a son, Arie, who is a trouble-magnet just as much as Justice used to be.

Arie is in the unenviable position of having a famous badass father, he has to confront expectations of filling his shoes one day, and his mischievous streak is several miles wide. Responsibility is not a word in his vocabulary, and all he wants to do is have fun. But his idea of a good time usually gets him into trouble – or, indeed, prison – so he is not what his father would call a big success. Perfect outlaw material, right?

After getting to watch a few of his escapades and seeing him being rescued by his best friend, Kavin, things get crazy. They end up in one of the two old spaceships their parents used to fly to Earth and get drunk, there is a marsquake and the ship takes off (clearly on autopilot), and they end up on Earth. Nothing is as they expected, including the suddenly budding lust between them. Well, Kavin had been hoping for it but manlove is all new to Arie. The explorations and adventures that follow are entertaining, funny, and then it all gets rather scary for a while. I especially enjoyed their encounters with the life forms that are still inhabiting Earth, despite everything, as well as a few natural phenomena they are unfamiliar with.

If you like men used to advanced technology having to fend for themselves in somewhat more primitive surroundings, if an outlaw biker from Mars discovering he is falling for his gay best friend is your thing, and If you’re looking for a read in the best ‘Outlaw MC’ tradition with some of the old characters and a bunch of new ones, then you will probably like this novella. I look forward to the next installment.


NOTE: This book was provided by Evernight Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews. ( )