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Bone Wires by Michael Shean

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Reads 77
Votes 9
Parts 4
Time 1h 5m

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In the wasteland of commercial culture that is future America, police are operated not by government but by private companies. In Seattle, that role is filled by Civil Protection, and Daniel Gray is a detective in Homicide Solutions. What used to be considered an important – even glamorous – department for public police is very different for the corporate species, and Gray finds himself stuck in a dead end job.

That is, until the Spine Thief arrives.

Bone Wires is a dark, brooding cyberpunk noir set in the same dystopian universe as the full-length novel, Shadow of a Dead Star.  Published by Curiosity Quills. All rights reserved.All Rights Reserved

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The Debt Collectors War

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