Firefly - Coup de Grce: Coup de Grce

(Hardback)

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The Serenity crew head to Yell City, one of the settlements on Abel, a moon in the Rim. Their job: track down the killers of a local lawyer shot dead in the streets by a local gang. Their client is Annie Roberts, the eighteen year old daughter of the murdered man. Lucky for them, Annie Roberts is more than capable of handling herself. Unlucky for them, the job is lot more complicated than they first think. Annie's father is not just the victim of local gang violence, but the target of some powerful men. Taking down a local gang is one thing, but cleaning up a whole city That's not a job for the Serenity crew. But when their ship is impounded, and Mal and the crew find themselves trapped in Yell City, they realise they are already in deeper than they could have ever imagined...

Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES
The entire novel feels like it could be a lost episode from the show. The Verge
[Big Damn Hero is] Season Two. Episode One. - Birth.Movies.Death
Illuminates not only a huge chunk of Mal's past but also showcases a perfectly plausible chapter in the adventures of the Serenity's crew. - The Frumious Consortium
Fans who know the 'verse well...will feel right at home in this story that spans the era before the series, with callbacks to events in the series, and right afterward as if it were a 15th episode. - Borg.com
For someone who genuinely enjoyed the Firefly verse, this was a treat to read. - Editing Everything An outstanding tie-in to the beloved TV series, this book is shiny in every way possible. - Books Bones & Buffy
This was a wild ride back into the world of Firefly that I sorely missed; I loved learning some of the backstory that Fox robbed us from fifteen years ago and look forward to the next installment. - Reader Voracious
Big Damn Hero absolutely nails it across the board for me...It brings back all of the familiar and beloved while adding in dashes of the new and unknown. This Firefly book is a no-brainer buy for fans of the franchise. - Nerds on Earth

Author Bio

Una McCormack is the author of The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway, The Autobiography of Mr Spock, the Star Treknovels:The Lotus Flower(part ofThe Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine),Hollow Men,The Never-Ending Sacrifice,Brinkmanship,The Missing, The Fall: The Crimson Shadow,Enigma Tales, and the Doctor Who novels The Kings Dragon,The Way Through the Woods, andRoyal Blood. She lives in Cambridge, England, with her partner and daughter.