Presenting my 8th novel: Taming the Laser Leopard. In post-WW2 Upper Burma, sky pirates crash a drug kingpin's arranged wedding.
In this episode, we are performing the entire novella, unabridged. No ads, no paywalls. Myself, and 28 past guests, future guests, friends, and amazing authors are doing a full-cast audio-dramatization.
Taming the Laser Leopard is coming to paperback and ebook later this year. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255480939-taming-the-laser-leopard?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jTUMpWbn8U&rank=1
Cast:
Tek Mescal—Marie Barroshttps://www.instagram.com/mariebarros93/
Xu Xin—Hannah Mandershttps://hannahmanders.com/
Jane Yang—Crystal Quasthttps://www.serenityacressecrets.com/
Gregory Peck—Sean Stokeshttps://www.instagram.com/seanstokes_theauthor/
Olive Yang—ViQtoria Joudrey
Liam Pelly and PrinceSouphonouvong—Alex Tilley https://www.alextilleyauthor.com/
Fat Huang—RW Duderwww.darkcrowbooks.com Duan Lu—VK Thiranhttps://vkthiran.wordpress.com/
Eleanor Ho—AJ Calvinhttps://ajcalvin.net/
Mace Pigworth—Colin Searlehttps://colinsearle.com/
Luna Lo—Andrew C Bunton
Eden Yang—TC Humeshttps://www.instagram.com/t.c.humes/
Wendell Yang—Daryl J Ballhttps://www.facebook.com/AuthorDarylJBall
Edward Yang—Meg Lushhttps://www.instagram.com/meglushwrites/
Jimmy Yang—Christian Jerry Marchionihttps://www.instagram.com/christianjerrymarchioni/
Judy Yang—Stephanie R Lowellhttps://www.stephanierlowell.com
Chloé Savang—Mia Swanhttps://sites.google.com/view/miaswanauthor/home?pli=1&authuser=0
Yang Wen Can—Felix ID Dimaro https://www.thingsthatkeepmeupatnight.com/
Renée Madeira and the Countess of Baw—Tatiana Obeyhttps://www.tatianaobey.com/
Ophelia Li and Jean Chou—MJ Moores https://mjmoores.com/
Adrienne Peng—Erica Jurus https://ericajurus.ca/
Lara Yang—JA Merkel https://jamerkel.com/
Harriet Young—Kristy Lee https://authorkristy.com/
Hannibal Uruguay—Ryan Poirier https://www.accidentalcreations.ca/
Gerald Sparrow—David M Kelly https://davidmkelly.com/
Eulalie Jules and Princess Xayavone—Melissa Yihttps://melissayuaninnes.com/
Duan Chaowen—PL Stuart https://www.plstuart.com/
Tanner Verduna—Julia Lauzon https://storiesofmylife.ca/
Wrap Party at timestamp 5:35:00
Synopsis:
Upper Burma, 1947: The hills are awash with bandits and drug smugglers. Just to the north, Mao’s communists are washing over China in a red wave, and revolutionary insurgencies are popping up in Vietnam, Laos, and throughout the Burmese hills. Tek Mescal—a forty-year-old, penniless sky-traderwith a diesel-stained past—has just had her ship blown out of the sky by ruthless headhunters. Stranded in the dense jungle and fleeing laser-wielding ruffians, she and her ragtag crew find themselves “rescued” by a local militia and escorted to the most unlikely of safe havens: a royal wedding. The “bride” is an old friend to Tek’s—Olive Yang, the twenty-year-old “Two-Gun Mulan” of Kokang, a shorn-haired, cross-dressing duchess with a cybernetic arm and a penchant for booze, gambling, and womanizing. Olive is being forced into a dynastic marriage to secure the Yang family’s legacy. While the guest list features a dangerous cocktail of KMT spies, OSS spooks, and Burmese naval admirals, Olive is more interested in drinking their weight in moonshine and chasing the prettiest secretaries in the room.
For Tek, the wedding is a desperate chance to secure an export permit and rebuild her life from the ashes. But with her past crimes catching up to her and the communist threat looming over the border, Tek must navigate the treacherous waters of feudal politics and global espionage. In a world where laser-daggers meet traditional diplomacy, and where the line between hero and bandit is blurred, Tek and Olive must decide if they are willing to play the roles society has written for them—or if they’ll burn the palace down to write their own.
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