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    Slurptooth
    Slurptooth
    Slurptooth
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    Slurptooth

    By Chad Descoteaux

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    An alien prince battles a space slug that only gets stronger when it feeds on the selfishness, fear and hatred on the planets it consumes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChad Descoteaux
    Release dateAug 26, 2017
    ISBN9781370645428
    Slurptooth
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    Chad Descoteaux

    I am a self-published, mildly autistic science fiction author who combines quirky sci-fi elements with issues that we can all relate to. Check out my official website www.turtlerocketbooks.com

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      Slurptooth - Chad Descoteaux

      SLURPTOOTH

      By Chad Descoteaux

      One would be hard-pressed to find a citizen of the planet Drubar who has never heard the legend of Slurptooth. Stories about this largest of space slugs, his planet-engulfing mouth and the rotating razor fangs on each one of his thousands of teeth had made their way to every planet within four galaxies of the most industrialized planet in that sector.

      The legends filled in the blanks of what was not known about this terrifying monstrosity. All that was known for sure is that he emerged directly from the center of planets, bursting from city-sized holes, crushing the rest of the planet with his powerful jaws before the dirt crumbs of said planet were sucked into the vacuum-like suction created by his individual teeth. No one knew how he got there, whether or not eggs from an older giant slug had been laid inside of the planet. If so, when and how? In the rare instances where scientists were able to get their hands on a piece of a Slurptooth, perhaps one of his tentacles, the

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