Meet Dave: The Galaxy’s Most Oblivious “Good Boy”
Move over, chosen ones. Step aside, reluctant heroes. This November, the galaxy doesn’t get a savior,it gets a pet. We’re beyond excited to introduce Dave, the Space Pet, the hilarious debut novel from Rory AB Forrest. Part sci-fi spectacle, part biting satire, and part inside joke for every pet owner, this novel asks one very important question: What if you were the pet?
Meet Dave. He’s an anxious accountant who can barely survive happy hour with his coworkers, let alone an alien invasion. When he’s abducted from the bathroom stall of a dive bar, he assumes fate has chosen him for greatness. The truth? He’s been adopted. Everything our pets endure, Dave now faces: training collars, “playtime” that looks a lot like gladiator combat, alien cuddle sessions, and a diet he definitely didn’t choose. Convinced he’s navigating cosmic rites of passage, Dave is actually stumbling his way through obedience training. The reader, of course, is in on the bigger joke,Dave is just the galaxy’s most oblivious “good boy.”
Why should you care about Dave’s misadventures? Because beneath the absurdity and laugh-out-loud humor, Rory AB Forrest has written a story about identity, belonging, and finding family in the unlikeliest places. It’s a novel for sci-fi lovers, comedy fans, and anyone who’s ever looked at their cat and thought: What if the roles were reversed?
Dave, the Space Pet releases on November 18, 2026 from Unsolicited Press. Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.
