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ABANDONED BY THEIR GODS!

FORSAKEN BY THEIR OVERSEERS!


Discover a world where humanity has been bioengineered by alien gods into a diverse array of new races, ranging from the minuscule to the colossal, in The Earthlings!


When the alien overseers vanished one fateful morning, the humans were left to confront…

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The premise of this short novel is that humans are being engineered by aliens to be a variety of sizes. Quite a lot of sizes, really. I almost wish there was a diagram.

That said, the book was really engaging and had some of the most off-the-wall sex scenes I’d ever read. It reminded me of that crazy, weird animated movie “Fantastic Planet” from the 1970s. Whenever you pair giant humans with tiny people, things get bizarre, and this author certainly delivered on that!


This book is illustrated with some incredible drawings by author-illustrator Mike Dubisch. I loved how this…

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