We Open on Venus (Starship Troupers, Book 2)

Arriving on Venus, the Star Company, a theatrical troupe, finds that life on the planet is regimented by Amalgamated Petroleum, a Terran-based oil cartel Young Ramou and mentor Horace both narrate first stop of the Star Company actors on New Venus, run by Amalgamated Petroleum monopoly, who charge high for water and air. Smoking is a capital crime. Before landing, alcoholic Ogden 80s, has heart attack, forbidden to imbibe. The school gym overflows, the audience roars, and more catches fire than arts appreciation. Greedy Larry brings contraband lighters. Prima donna Marnie 50s snipes. Barry directs. Winston 40s is typecast villain, but nice. Professorial Charlie finds poisoned needle, hides secret. Gray suited Man still trails. Marlo teaches Ramou set design; Captain McLeod his crew duties. Petty bureaucrats only allow Macbeth , and traditional curses take effect. Lacey and Susanna compete, but older costumer Grudy is best witch. Local cab-driver entrepreneur Chovy brings in friends and family, soon made friendlier by Ramou's martial arts skills. Includes 20-page preview The Witch Doctor . The Star Company, a renegade theatre troupe, was run off of Earth, so they set their sites on New Venus. The name sounded good, but life on the planet was thoroughly regulated by Amalgamated Petroleum-where even the air and water came at a high cost. Enter the Star Company, with its incendiary mix of veteran troupers, innocent ingenues, and volatile prima donnas. When Amalgamated approved a production of MACBETH, little did anybody imagine how much trouble those three witches would stir up!

The delightful sequel to A Company of Stars, in which the affable actors from the first book of the Starship Troupers series carry the concept of off-Broadway out of this world. The first stop on the galactic tour is New Venus, where real-life drama is about to erupt. Original.

En route to Venus, the Star Company, a theatrical troupe, arrives to find that life on Venus is regimented by Amalgamated Petroleum, a Terran-based oil cartel