Mantids
Publisher: Black Heron Press
Published: October 15, 2008
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780930773861
Copyright date: 2008
Genres: Science Fiction
First sentence: Amber's tail thumped like a nervous zucchini.
Description: Mantids is an update of the world's oldest novel—Petronius's Satyricon—with a twist.  In Satyricon, the hero can't get an erection; in Mantids, the narrator can't get rid of one.  Combine his Viagra overdose with an invasion by mutant female praying mantids and a scuzzed-out, speed-tweaker Astoria, Oregon locale—add biting comedy, a warrior heroine and stir into a B-movie plot stew—and you have a classic Dakron novel, chock full of sardonic prose and more fun than a barrel of junkies.