Plain Tales from the Hills By Rudyard Kipling the pair are scooped up

the pair are scooped up by the only ship in the universe powered by the Infinite Improbability Drive

to the planet Krikkit (locked in Slo-Time to punish its inhabitants for trying to end the Universe)

a place teeming with crocodiles

Meet Karou

the city's first black female elevator inspector

Plain Tales from the Hills By Rudyard Kipling the pair are scooped upPlain Tales from the Hills, Rudyard Kipling's first collection of short stories, established his reputation and brought India to the British imagination. Including the stories 'Lispeth', 'Beyond the Pale' and 'In the Pride of His Youth', they tell of soldiers, wise children, exiles, forbidden romances and divided identities, creating a rich portrait of Anglo Indian society. Originally published for a newspaper in Lahore when Kipling was a journalist,