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Year Zero

by Rob Reid
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Description

Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it's a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on American pop songs ever since "Year Zero" (1977 to us), resulting in the biggest copyright violation since the Big Bang and bankrupting the whole universe. Nick has just been tapped to clean up this mess before things get ugly. Thankfully, this unlikely galaxy-hopping hero does know a thing or two about copyright law. Now, with Carly and Frampton as his guides, Nick has forty-eight hours to save humanity—while hoping to wow the hot girl who lives down the hall from him.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatPacifist/Social
HorrorCozy/Spooky
SpiceFade-to-Black
ProfanityMild

Details

First published
July 10, 2012
Pages
368
Reading time
About 7 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Language
English
ISBN
9780345534514
Series
Standalone

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