A high-speed romp with an unexpected emotional core.
Lassen launches The Bourbon Chronicles with a high-velocity opening that blends outlaw humanity, hard physics, and bourbon-fueled survival. When 23-year-old physics prodigy Bill Griffin perfects the first wormhole drive, he expects history, not exile. A botched escape strands Bill and his billionaire uncle Sketch in a galaxy where Earth is forbidden and humans are feared as cosmic liabilities. Armed with a failing ship, an anxious AI, and bourbon that turns enemies into allies, Bill is forced into an impossible mission, but can a young genius survive a universe that already judged humanity guilty?
Bill’s synesthesia grounds abstract physics in lived sensation, while his bond with Sketch adds warmth and humor; Kathryn, supplies sharp comedy and subtle questions of consciousness. As the crew grows, the found-family dynamic unfolds organically, never stalling the plot. Governed by bureaucracy, criminal syndicates, and long-held judgments against Earth, the galaxy feels lived-in and faintly hostile. The quarantine of humanity reframes first contact as moral reckoning rather than discovery. Even the bourbon-fueled diplomacy, played for laughs, becomes a clever symbol of ingenuity and cultural exchange.
A confident opening to a promising series with ambition, heart, and momentum to spare.
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Publisher Lansing E. Bachelder
