Lizard in a Mercury
Published on 10. May 2026
Book
Hardback
152 pages
979-8-2958-9378-0 (ISBN)
Description
Apple Ridge, 1976. The Mojave Desert. As Halloween approaches, thousands of lizards are crawling out of the sand, converging on a town that's about to become a cosmic battlefield. Marybeth Vargas is a sharp-witted bartender just trying to make it to her twenty-fifth birthday. When a handsome musician named Fred rolls into town in his yellow '69 Mercury Cougar, the attraction is instant and inexplicable. Marybeth's eccentric Uncle Al hides a secret that spans the solar system. He's not just a NASA engineer; he's a protector from a subterranean civilization on the planet Mercury, guarding the reincarnated souls of a forbidden King and Queen. Now, three reptilian assassins have hatched in a local orchard, determined to execute the lovers before they can reclaim their throne. From neon-lit bar brawls to a desperate stand at a fortified ranch, Marybeth and Fred must survive the hunt. In a world of classic cars, drive-in movies, and monster-filled nights, they'll discover that love is the most powerful force in the galaxy. The past is catching up, and the desert will never be the same.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
262 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-2958-9378-0 (9798295893780)
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A Southern California girl from the Garden Grove suburbs who began her obsession with creative writing as a student in her elementary school circa 1970s, Marsena Shane began her literary career as soon as she graduated high school and gained her first job, a local book store clerk, before a women's fitness tutor introduced her to a New York publisher at Critic's Choice Paperbacks who published her first novella in mass market paperback, Sweet Dreams, Lady Moon. She became both a ghost writer and a work-for-hire, publishing her own series of fitness self-help books soon after, starting with Great Legs in Six Weeks (1988) which became The Easy Way to Great Legs, the '90s heart health book Your Heart Belongs to You, as well as Nancy: A Reagan Biography (formerly Nancy: Biography of the First Lady). Her works of fiction include June Park, The Martian Coal Miner, and The Jupiter Possums, all part of her Romantic Planets science fiction/romance series. Currently, Ms. Shane now lives in Northern California with her many beloved cats, a canary, resident wild possums, and a bearded dragon. She is also working on further stories for Romantic Planets.