
A Jack in the Dark
The Space Operetta Series, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Edward Jackson
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By:
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Lesley L. Smith
About this listen
Interstellar singer spy Jack Jones is kidnapped!
When he's rescued by his crewmates on the Shakespeare (how embarrassing!) he's still in the dark.... He accidentally has sex with what appears to be a ghost and is very surprised at what develops. When the resultant ghostly investigation leads him to the most secretive planet in existence, will what he finds there bring freedom or the destruction of the entire galaxy?
Armed only with his stunning good looks, amazing charm, superlative secret agent instincts, and a special skill that seems to be on the fritz, Jack must get to the heart of the greatest unsolved mystery in the galaxy...even if it kills him.
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