![]() The future of Taiko Colony depended on it. This was finally the year his Taiko Miners would go all the way. ![]() He had led his team to the Ultrabowl three years in a row, but each game had ended in agonizing defeat. STRIKE SAZAKI WAS the best quarterback on the moon. Write a mystery!”I can’t win.For Tess and Jake, who always want to hear a story At least I did.And my current wife?“Why did you write a book about you? Nobody cares about you. And in the end? In the end I wrote a funny, insightful, entertainingly (my own word) interesting book that should make you laugh and cry. And I wrote sentence fragments because I make the rules. And in the story I actually did and said some pretty funny things. I already knew this! I was just telling a story. I didn’t have to go to a boring library and look things up. Write about you and your career.”At first it was work. We needed the money.“Who wants to hear about me? And what do I write about?”“You’re a good writer. And you can’t talk to them!Why did I write this book? I’ll be honest. If you’re not lucky, you’re bombing and no one heckles you and all you can hear are crickets. When it works.When it doesn’t work? If you’re lucky you’ll get heckled and you have a chance for some snappy come-backs. But how about on stage, in the lights, looking through the smoke at 100 strangers who don’t know you and quite possibly are waiting for the next act? Is comedy fun? Yeah. Is it funny? Is it in the right sequence in the act? Does the verbiage give it the proper rhythm? And of course, is it right for the audience?It’s one thing to get laughs in your living room or at the lunch table in school. In the beginning every new comedian has to be the performer, writer, manager, and marketing team. In the end can you live with the results? Let’s hope so!I never threw up before a show. ![]() Others tell you if you don’t change you’ll fail. Whose advice do you take? Some tell you if you believe in yourself keep doing what you’re doing and don’t change. About how surprised you are at who does and who doesn’t! It’s about decisions. About who believes in you and who doesn’t. This book is not just a book about my before-during-and-after stand up comedy career. The stake of the colony’s future is on his shoulders. If Strike can’t get his teammates to cooperate and play together, they’ll lose more than just the Ultrabowl. And not all his teammates are happy sharing a field with her.When rumors surface of a traitor on the Miners, Strike isn’t sure who he can trust. But Boom comes from the Dark Siders, a mass of people who left the United Moon Colonies to live in exile. This year, Strike thinks he’s finally found the missing piece to his championship quest: a mysterious girl who could be his new star rocketback. He’s the best quarterback in the league, but while Strike’s led the Taiko Miners to the Ultrabowl three years in a row, each one has ended in defeat. Strike Sazaki loves defying gravity on the moon in his Ultrabot suit. Perfect for sci-fi and sports fans alike. Here Ultraball is life, and survival is all that matters. When rumors surface about Zuna’s mysterious grand plan, code-named Operation Deathstrike, Strike’s choice could have consequences he never anticipated.Even as the Ultraball games ratchet up in intensity, with teams using explosive new tactics to reach the Ultrabowl, Strike has bigger decisions to make if he wants to keep his teammates-and the moon-safe.Įnter the exhilarating game of Ultraball-fly over pass rushers and explode into slingshot zones-through Jeff Chen’s dazzling future world on the moon. Zuna offers to help, and Strike is tempted-but the information Zuna wants in return threatens Strike’s friend Boom, as well as the growing Dark Side resistance. ![]() When they suffer a shocking defeat in their season opener, Strike knows that something is off with his game, but the secret hampering his play is too large to reveal.If he can’t perform at the highest level, what chances do the Miners have against the unstoppable Neutrons?Worse yet, his powerful enemy, Raiden Zuna, knows Strike is hiding something. Win-or-lose turns into life-or-death in this thrilling middle grade adventure tailor-made for sports and sci-fi fans.Strike and the Miners are hungrier than ever for a championship after losing yet another Ultrabowl. The stakes are extreme in the second book of Jeff Chen’s futuristic, action-packed Ultraball series.
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