Melody Wilder just needs to complete her dissertation and life will be perfect. Alas, that's not going to happen. She hasn't picked a topic yet, her undergraduate loans have been "un-forgiven" with a vengeance, the university is about to strip her of her stipend, her job, and her apartment, and a pirate-priest minotaur is systematically destroying her life. Meanwhile, alien bear cub physicists are trying to extradite her best friend on charges of violating the laws of conservation of matter every time he makes a pizza! And things are just getting started. A blend of colorful aliens, explorations of cognitive psych and the nature of memory, and the healing power of a good slice of pizza, Slice of Entropy is a rollicking romp of science fiction fun and adventure that will leave you hungry for more.

Melody Wilder has moved from entropy to chaos. She’s beaten a ruthless alien pirate/priest, survived being gored, but now faces far more harrowing obstacles: completing and defending her doctoral dissertation while simultaneously becoming the Chair of the Department of Quilton Studies—the first program of its kind anywhere in the galaxy. Her challenges include obnoxious alien bear cub physicists, death threats from an angry (and very pregnant) amphibian, sleazy corporate jerks, and taking meetings with weird, beach ball-like aliens. Meanwhile, the Quilton who had saved her life and set her on this path is nowhere to be found. Chaos abounds! The physicists’ equations suggest Melody is rolling in luck. A representative from the Probability Guild insists it’s all just serendipity. And her best friend, a green, half-height, six-limbed alien who remembers things that haven’t happened yet, keeps bringing her pizza. And then Melody’s mother shows up… Maybe trading entropy for chaos wasn’t such a good idea…