“Good to see you,” W said gloomily. “How’s things?”
“Well,”
Smith said, “our engine room’s full of killer frogs, our convoy got blown up
and we’ve opened a portal to Hell.
Still, mustn’t grumble.”
“Killer
frogs, eh?” W nodded thoughtfully. “While I bear amphibians no ill will –
indeed, man has much to learn from the toad – an engine room full of them
sounds excessive.”
(from A Game of
Battleships, by Toby Frost)
7½*/10. The full review is here.
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