Insidekick

1950s pulp science fiction at its finest: Albert Johnson arrives on the desert planet Antar expecting a simple surveillance job. Instead, he finds himself hunted by the Interworld Corporation, a shadowy conglomerate running illegal tobacco operations on an alien world. After a near-assassination, Johnson is saved by something extraordinary: a Zark, a mysterious原生 creature that bonds with him, granting telepathy and teleportation. The symbiosis transforms Johnson into something neither fully human nor fully alien, as he navigates the neon-lit streets of Vaornia, outwits corporate killers, and uncovers a conspiracy that reaches into Earth's highest echelons. Jesse F. Bone delivers a wildly inventive blend of hardboiled detective fiction and cosmic adventure, where the line between predator and prey blurs, and partnership itself becomes the most dangerous weapon of all.