A remote corner of a bleak broken-down gunboat, stuck in incompetent captain and a misfit pirate ship, a silent target, and a whole bunch of how's YOUR day going?There have to be easier ways to make a living -- easier than dying slowly in an obsolete boat, as its power drains out and life support fails. Forget the job; forget the pirate problem: there's only time for a desperate jury-rig and maybe a little hand-wringing!And are the odds of running into trouble way out there? David Collins-Rivera makes his home in the high desert of Arizona

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