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The 5th Gender

(A Tinkered Stars Mystery)

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The 5th Gender

By: G. L. Carriger, Gail Carriger
Narrated by: Michael Lesley
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A species that has no word for murder, has a murderer aboard their spaceship.

Alien

Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a human space station. He’s even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals.

Detective Hastion is finally flirting back!

Murder

Except that Tristol’s beloved space station is unexpectedly contacted by the galoi - a xenophobic species with five genders, purple skin, and serious attitude. They need the help of a human detective because there’s a murderer aboard their spaceship. Murder is so rare, the galoi don’t even have a word for it.

Tristol knows this because he is galoi.

Romance

Which means that he and Detective Hastion are on the case...together.

Delicate sensibilities?

Contains men who love other men in graphic detail, regardless of gender, biology, or skin color...and lots of emotively sexy tentacle hair.

New York Times best-selling author Gail Carriger (writing as G.L. Carriger) brings you a light-hearted romantic cozy mystery featuring an adorable lavender alien and his human crush.

©2019 Gail Carriger LLC (P)2019 Gail Carriger LLC Crime First Contact Murder Romance Science Fiction Fiction Detective Heartfelt Fantasy Paranormal
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If you like alien world building G. L. Carriger has an inimitably hilarious and cleverly devised writing style and story flow. If you need an uplifting read with sexy heroes and a twisted plot you want to listen to this well narrated book.

Funny sweet unrivalled plot

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Funny, hot, enjoyable and oh so poignant, this is a wonderful tale brought to life perfectly by Michael Leslie. I have read the book multiple times and will undoubtedly re-listen to this at some point. I hope we get more books featuring these wonderful two.

I recommend this to anyone who will listen.

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a gentle take of love in future space. a very similar flavour to the sumage solution... if you like that, you'll enjoy yhis

star crossed lovers

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What a wonderful sweet story about love in its many different forms.

Tris and is Soul Mate must solve a murder, on a alien spaceship that hits a bit to close to home for Tris.

I really enjoyed this sweat short story

Who doesn’t love a purple alien

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I just hate it when the endearment baby is used...like, there are so many better ones that don't mean infant human. The fact that once Drey started using that word he seemed to forget that Tris actually had a name was also super gross and kind of infantilising. I would have enjoyed this story a whole lot more if that word didn't exist in it.
I do recommend this book though, it's a great story, and Michael Lesley was awesome.

great story but...

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Tristol is a Galoi, a species with five genders, and he has lived in exile from his people for years. He bonds with Det. Drey Hastion, an earthling who maintains law and order on the human space station they both live in. When a Galoi spaceship unexpectedly requests assistance, Drey and Tris must investigate a murder onboard their ship. This cross-species romance was incredibly charming, fun, and thoughtful. Despite the low-level instalove, Drey and Tris have wonderful chemistry and I loved how much of a role Tris’s expressive hair and his love of purple played throughout the story! Good sci-fi always shines a questioning light on our own customs and beliefs and Gail Carriger certainly does that here. Michael Leslie is always such an enthusiastic and creative audio narrator and he really excels here.

What a fantastic sci-fi story!

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I absolutely loved this story. I felt great emotion especially at the end. The narration by Michael Leslie is excellent. This book is definitely a absolute must read/listen to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What a wonderful book

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I honestly don't know what I expected when I got this book. I purchased because I'm a fan of the voice actor, and I heard he did a brilliant job on this book.

obviously the narration was top notch, but the author has done something I've never seen in any other book I've read - inclusivity and acceptance of all gender and sexualities. this goes so far as to acknowledge the absence of desire to procreate as being just as valid as those things. I found myself sobbing in the last few chapters because in all the literature I've read and all the conversations I've had, all the medical and relationship discussions I've endured... not one person has understood the reality of living in a society that considers the aversion to bear children as aberrant.

if I could give more stars I would. brilliant and I'll definitely be reading many more times.

Holy Crap this book surprised me!

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Michael Lesley is a narrator God and this was as fabulous as Tris’ hair! Love love love.

Wonderful

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This was such an emotional book, I loved every word. The joy of Trish the love of Drey and a new love of Lavender and Purple! Narrated perfectly

Brilliant

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