Revenge (Dogboy Reborn, #2)

By Joe Rover

Glue sliced the air with his other arm. "I thought we were friends! But you left me for dead!"
"Friends?! You tried to kill me on an almost weekly basis!"
Glue twirled his hand a bit. "Every relationship has its issues."

Shock. That was what Joe felt when he was told his friend was arrested for murder and sabotage.

Following the recent sabotage of the space travel cruise ships, Brain becomes the prime suspect. Joe must dig deep to clear his friend’s name. But each clue drives Joe further and further into a mystery that surrounds his past and his future.

Will learning the truth save Brain? Or destroy Joe?

If you are a fan of science fiction, superheroes, and adventure, join Joe as he fights to clear his friend's name in the latest Dogboy Reborn book.

Buy now before the wormhole closes.

The chapter "Revenge is Best Served Orange" won the Orange Belt round in the Wattpad "Write to Rank" contest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joe Rover
• Release date: Jul 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463763926

Joe Rover

One day while on a field trip, I was bitten by a radioactive writer. Thus, I was granted the proportional imagination and typing speed of a writer. I also found that I could stick notes to walls and developed an early warning “grammar sense.” Eventually, I learned that with great action verbs comes great sentences. From that day forward, I was The Somewhat Impressive Writer-Man!But really...Joe Rover is the pen name of an author who spends his time writing many family-friendly fictional stories. “Joe” has been a journalist, computer programmer, photographer, and graphic designer. He is currently studying digital animation and business.He has won many awards, such as the "Magic Holiday Thrills" contest and the "Write to Rank" Orange Belt round.

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Revenge

A Dogboy Reborn Story

Joe Rover

Published 2018 by Marshall Jefcoat

Distributed by Smashwords

Copyright 2018-Present by Marshall Jefcoat

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All characters, locations, and organizations in this book have no existence outside the imagination of the author and have no relation to anyone bearing the same name or names. Any resemblance to individuals known or unknown to the author are purely coincidental.

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For The hero inside us all

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Other Books by Joe Rover

Awards & Praise

Coming Soon-ish

Space, the Final Vacation Spot

The Return

Dogcatcher

After Mission Party

And The Boss Man Makes Three

Deep Dish

Following the Money

The Truth

The Champion

Danny Smith and the Locker Room of Unpleasantness

The Narrator

The Shadow Men

Love Shuttle

The Mother of Invention

Puppy Love

Revenge is Best Served Orange

The Plans of Dogs and Villains

The Truth Shall Set You Flea

Epilogue

Next Time

Thank You

About the Author

Other Books by Joe Rover

Wizard of New Town:

Beginnings (Wizard of New Town, #1)

Rebels (Wizard of New Town, #2)

Life of Ace Journeyman:

Journey to Neo-Geo (Life of Ace Journeyman, #1)

Alliance (Life of Ace Journeyman, #2)

Dogboy Reborn:

Rebirth (Dogboy Reborn, #1)

Box Sets:

Not So Secret Origins

eBooks are available for purchase at most online retailers.

Visit my website at https://jtrover.wordpress.com/ for more info

Awards & Praise

Winner of the Magic Holiday Thrills writing contest:

December 2017

Batman V Iron Man: Dawn of Christmas

Winner of the Super Christmas writing contest:

December 2017

The Very Strange Case of Santa Slays

Winner of the Write to Rank Orange Belt Round

June 2018

Revenge is Best Served Orange an excerpt from the Dogboy Reborn story Revenge

Works appearing in anthologies:

Flash Fiction Anthology by the Wattpad Ambassadors (@Ambassadors)

Wet Feet

June 2018

Coming Soon-ish

Alone: A Wizard of New Town Story

Max, Aleya, and Ryan divided for cover as the dragon churned out another round of red-hot breath. Flames roared over the heads of the heroes as they panted.

Dragons! shouted Max. I thought you said there were no dragons!

No, said Aleya. I said they should be sleeping.

Max waved his hands wildly. Dragons!

How is this possible? asked Ryan, his Irish accent sneaking in from his panic and fear. They haven’t woken in ages.

I think I might be of assistance.

The trio jumped with a yelp at the newcomer’s voice. They spun to face the middle-age knight seeking shelter next to them.

Where did you come from?! said Max.

Oh…I’ve been here for awhile. The name is Sir Corporal, Knight of the Land of New Town. The three quest-goers gave various greetings. My companions and I were tasked with the responsibility of watching over the dragons. They have been calm and quiet, for decades as you said; but suddenly, some strange pulse-wave struck us. Max and the others exchanged a knowing glance; the Wizard’s spell was responsible. That’s when the dragons rose from their slumber and began attacking. I fear that once they are done with Stytron, they will move on to the rest of New Town…possibly the whole world…even the uncivilized parts.

Max turned his attention to Aleya and Ryan. I suppose neither of you know how to defeat a dragon. Both lowered their heads and shook no slowly. "*sigh* That’s what I was afraid of."

I know how to tame the beast, said Sir Corporal. Max, Aleya, and Ryan could barely contain their excitement; they began to faintly vibrate. Sir Corporal removed a chain with what looked like a thin piece of plastic from around his neck. The object looked suspiciously like a keycard. Max noticed it read, Corporal Thomas Cobalt.

You will need my amulet and that of Lady Lieutenant. Sir Corporal pointed towards an area that looked a lot like a missile control panel, but outside. It was like someone had transported the panel, whole, outside. Both must be placed in the Altar of Dragons in order to return them to their slumber. You must enter the amulets simultaneously and then read the Spell of Abort.

Where is this Lady Lieutenant? asked Aleya.

Sir Corporal pointed to a young woman bracing against a boulder as a dragon scratched and clawed at the nearby rocks trying to seize her.

Of course that’s her, sighed Max. He faced Sir Corporal. Why can’t you take the amulets to the altar?

I would, said Sir Corporal. But while Lady Lieutenant and I were battling a dragon, she accidently shot me in the knee with an arrow.

Ryan opened his mouth. I put my hand in front of his face. Don’t go there, I said.

I’m afraid only you three can save Lady Lieutenant.

And now Dogboy Reborn…

Space, the Final Vacation Spot

Jessica floated aimlessly. The Earth spun slowly before her. In truth, it was her that spun. She’d been on the ship’s deck thinking over Johnny’s marriage proposal when something or someone ran into her and bumped her overboard.

The life jacket, a requirement for anyone wishing to venture outside, would keep her safe but only for a moment. Somewhere, in the back of her mind, she wondered if anyone knew she was gone. After all, in space, no one can hear you scream.

A sudden bright light drew her attention. Some form began to appear in the light. The figure she saw emerging from the light resembled a human-sized dog. He seemed to be wearing a fire hydrant on his back.

Dogboy, Jessica sighed and then collapsed.

***

I cradled the young woman, Jessica, in my arms. SPOT, my artificial intelligent crime-fighting warning system (it used to be called WOOF until one of Brain’s updates turned it into a psychotic killing machine that trapped us in Brain’s lab—Brain had to rework the system afterwards), picked up the distress signal from Cruise X. Luckily, I was nearby testing the new spacefaring modifications Brain installed into the Dogfighter jet.

The space cruise company has had trouble of late. A meteor hit one ship nearly sinking the craft on their trip to Venus; a bout of food poisoning during the three hour tour to the gas giants caused a scandal; and then someone came aboard the asteroid belt island hopping cruise with the Medoling crybird flu—the crew and passengers had to be quarantined for a week. Now, someone went overboard.

I’m sure these accidents have nothing to do with Cruise X’s stocks going down and CosmoTrip’s, the competition, stocks going up. Pffft, yeah, and I got a space bridge on Neptune I can sell you.

I had to shield my eyes for a bit while I