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by Richard Alan Chandler (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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They say if you put two rats in a cage, they will try to kill each other. Alex Sanderson is one such rat, an alien-hating pilot apprentice. The other, a madwoman so dangerous to the Al-Natiri that they needed human help to contain her. They set up Alex and imprisoned him with her hoping for a solution their ethics would not allow. They assumed that if they simply turned their backs, he would do what came naturally and take care of their problem. But even with the deck stacked heavily in his favor, nobody could have predicted the outcome.After all, Humans are not rats.Note: This story contains profanity, some violence, and sexual situations, although not especially graphic, they may be offensive to some readers.New edition for 2015 with a cover by Sebastian.This story is a Novelette, about 14,500 words long. This book is delivered without DRM.
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    January 5, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HP9Y712
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (January 5, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 5, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 185 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 33 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 26 ratings

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Richard Alan Chandler

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Richard Alan Chandler lives in the Pacific Northwest with two incredibly lucky black cats. He's been everything from a Software Developer to a Taxi Driver to an Aviation Machinist. He's been into science fiction since his dad gave him his first Heinlein at age 9, and he's been playing at writing for almost as long.

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4.1 out of 5 stars
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Brian Lee Gnad (The Bubba Man)
5.0 out of 5 stars Not a 'nice' story
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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Well. That was interesting. No one in there that I really liked, but the story kept taking turns that I did not anticipate. Interesting.
Alien relationships are not easy or clear-cut.
Because "Aliens are Alien"
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Aaron Teiser
4.0 out of 5 stars A strong debut story
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2014
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I started off just downloading the sample but what was there very much got me hooked into the story. The opening is very intriguing and I do like the way he builds up the answer piece by piece. The ending wasn't quite the payoff I was looking for but that's more a personal preference than a issue with the writing.
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Jeff Duntemann
5.0 out of 5 stars Who's the criminal? And who's the alien? Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018
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One human and one alien are locked in a room. Both are called dangerous criminals. Why are they imprisoned together? Which is more dangerous, and why?

What we have here is a kind of a mystery, a puzzle story (novelette-length) with more twists and turns than I thought anyone could cram into so few words. The only clue I'll leave here is that each of the two thinks the other is an alien, and each makes precisely the same mistake in doing so.

Smooth, very tense, quick read, full of surprises, including a surprising exploration of the pitfalls that lie in wait as one desperate alien mind confronts another. First-rate.
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wme
2.0 out of 5 stars Story is ok but it is more aimed at titillating ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2014
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Story is ok but it is more aimed at titillating teenage boys than pulling the general reader in to an interesting story. Plot has too many inconsistencies, but being a short story, you hit the end before those inconsistencies start to nag at you.
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Steven
5.0 out of 5 stars Well, that was fascinating!
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2016
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No lie, right at first I wasn't quite sure what I was getting into with this one. There are little changes I'd probably make myself, but nothing really worthy of mention. The problem with aliens is that they can be so, well, alien! That said, the author obviously took the time to do this right. Every time I thought I knew what was going to happen next, it seemed to shift in another direction right to the bitter end. So well done, sir author, well written! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.
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FrancisT
4.0 out of 5 stars Short but satisfying
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2018
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Twisty little story about alien contact. I'd be fascinated to see more of this world and the main characters.
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Baur Markus
5.0 out of 5 stars Spicy
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2020
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but in an unexpected way. While the sexual rears its head, its not the most important aspect here -if one would take it out of the stroy, it would still work and be a SF short story like you read in the anthologies of old ..
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Karen
4.0 out of 5 stars One question
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014
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The only thing that kept me from giving the story a fifth star was an a brief explanation of how the female character had been captured and imprisoned without revealing her abilities. At the end she shows so much power that it had to be tricky.
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JD (Baen Fan)
4.0 out of 5 stars A Short, but interesting read.
Reviewed in Australia on October 4, 2016
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Well, this was short and sharp, and completely unexpected. I was expecting a tale of two people, both wanting to perhaps kill each other, and being forced to work together to escape, but what I got was a whole lot different.
it was a great twist at the end, and while I could see the potential for savageness and sadism, I think the author is trying to get his protagonist to rise above that, and become a better person for it.
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