Skinner

by Richard S. McEnroe

A skinner's life is pure hell. Hunting dragon hides on Trollshulm is a losing game. The odds of surviving to buy back your freedom range from slim to nil. Most skinners end up burned out, broken or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 055324597X
• ISBN13: 9780553245974
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Finely-Written Entertainment

I'm leery of tales that combine elements associated with fantasy (dragons, in this case) with those of sci-fi. However, it's very credibly done here. On a colonized planet of the future, Chavez Blackstone runs afoul of the ruling elite, the First-Wavers, and is forced into taking the dangerous job of hunting dragons on a neighboring barren planet. Intersecting his story of survival is a depiction of the corporations and the First-Wavers who own them. The quality of the writing, the attention to detail, and the pacing of the book are all strong. The characters are well-developed and the dialogue, which can be a pit-fall for many writers, was a pleasant surprise.