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Authors: Jeff Somers
MEET THE AUTHOR
A PREVIEW OF
EQUATIONS OF LIFE
PROLOGUE: HE REALLY ENJOYS THIS PART
II: HARD AND NOISY WAS HIS ONLY WAY
III: YOU JUST HAD TO LET HIM DANCE
V: LIKE FATHER FUCKING TIME IN THE FLESH
VII: I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO
VIII: MY NEW HOBBY: IGNORING THE SMELL
IX: THEY SAY SHE IS A FLOATING HELL
X: IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE GUNS, I’D BE INSULTED
XI: ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES I’D LIKE TO SHOOT HIM
XII: MAKES ME WANT TO BE A BETTER PERSON
XV: YOU GOT MY PERMISSION TO SHOOT THE LOT
XVI: YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC
XVII: I HEAR I MIGHT ACTUALLY OUTLIVE YOU
XVIII: WE JUST FIND PEOPLE TO PAY US FOR WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO ANYWAY
XIX: YER GONNA NEED MORE GUNNERS
XXI: THINK OF ME AS AN EXECUTION
XXII: HERE WE ARE, AND WE ARE SO SPECIAL
XXIII: EVERYONE WANTED TO HIRE ME ON
XXIV: IF YOU WERE PAYING ME, I’D TELL YOU THAT COSTS EXTRA
XXV: OOH, LOOK, AVERY’S TRYING TO THINK
XXVI: NOT AS MANY PROBLEMS AS BEING TURNED INSIDE OUT BY RADIATION
XXVIII: SOMEONE WAS TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT BEING KNOCKED ONTO THE GROUND
XXIX: IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A PLEASANT FORTY MINUTES
XXX: THERE’S A LOT OF WE IN THAT SENTENCE
XXXI: I WENT FOR SOMETHING MORE EXCITING
XXXII: THE ONLY THING MISSING IS THE SOUND OF HIM LAUGHING AT ME
XXXIII: SHEER DETERMINATION AND WILLINGNESS TO HURT
XXXIV: UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE, AND THEN GONE. USUALLY DEAD.
XXXV: THEY’LL HAVE HIM DANCING AND JUGGLING
XXXVI: YOUR PROBLEM IS YOU THINK YOU’RE SPECIAL
XXXVII: RISING TRIUMPHANTLY FROM THE TRASH BIN OF HISTORY
XXXVIII: EATING MY BRAIN ONE TINY BITE AT A TIME, TUNNELING
XXXXIX: HAD MET ME BEFORE AND HAD A GRUDGE
XL: SIT ON THIS ROCK FOREVER NOW PLAYING WITH OUR BONES
EPILOGUE: I STARED AT THE HEAD. THE HEAD STARED BACK.
PRAISE FOR THE AVERY CATES NOVELS
BY JEFF SOMERS
The Electric Church
The Digital Plague
The Eternal Prison
The Terminal State
The Final Evolution
Praise for the Avery Cates Novels
“If… you watched
Crank
and thought, ‘What this really needs is killer cyborgs with machine guns,’ then this engaging pulp cyber-thriller will be right up your neon-lit street.”
—SFX
“Somers just might be the genre’s best-t secret.”
—Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
“An exhilarating example of powerful and entertaining storytelling.”
—The Guardian (UK)
“Fast-paced story with cool tech; well-written action scenes that drive the plot forward with perfect pacing.”
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2011 by Jeff Somers
Excerpt from
Equations of Life
copyright © 2011 by Simon Morden
All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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ISBN: 978-0-316-17513-5
Table of Contents
MEET THE AUTHOR
A PREVIEW OF EQUATIONS OF LIFE
PROLOGUE: HE REALLY ENJOYS THIS PART
II: HARD AND NOISY WAS HIS ONLY WAY
III: YOU JUST HAD TO LET HIM DANCE
V: LIKE FATHER FUCKING TIME IN THE FLESH
VII: I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO
VIII: MY NEW HOBBY: IGNORING THE SMELL
IX: THEY SAY SHE IS A FLOATING HELL
X: IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE GUNS, I’D BE INSULTED
XI: ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES I’D LIKE TO SHOOT HIM
XII: MAKES ME WANT TO BE A BETTER PERSON
XV: YOU GOT MY PERMISSION TO SHOOT THE LOT
XVI: YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC
XVII: I HEAR I MIGHT ACTUALLY OUTLIVE YOU
XVIII: WE JUST FIND PEOPLE TO PAY US FOR WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO ANYWAY
XIX: YER GONNA NEED MORE GUNNERS
XXI: THINK OF ME AS AN EXECUTION
XXII: HERE WE ARE, AND WE ARE SO SPECIAL
XXIII: EVERYONE WANTED TO HIRE ME ON
XXIV: IF YOU WERE PAYING ME, I’D TELL YOU THAT COSTS EXTRA
XXV: OOH, LOOK, AVERY’S TRYING TO THINK
XXVI: NOT AS MANY PROBLEMS AS BEING TURNED INSIDE OUT BY RADIATION
XXVIII: SOMEONE WAS TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT BEING KNOCKED ONTO THE GROUND
XXIX: IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A PLEASANT FORTY MINUTES
XXX: THERE’S A LOT OF WE IN THAT SENTENCE
XXXI: I WENT FOR SOMETHING MORE EXCITING
XXXII: THE ONLY THING MISSING IS THE SOUND OF HIM LAUGHING AT ME
XXXIII: SHEER DETERMINATION AND WILLINGNESS TO HURT
XXXIV: UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE, AND THEN GONE. USUALLY DEAD.
XXXV: THEY’LL HAVE HIM DANCING AND JUGGLING
XXXVI: YOUR PROBLEM IS YOU THINK YOU’RE SPECIAL
XXXVII: RISING TRIUMPHANTLY FROM THE TRASH BIN OF HISTORY
XXXVIII: EATING MY BRAIN ONE TINY BITE AT A TIME, TUNNELING
XXXXIX: HAD MET ME BEFORE AND HAD A GRUDGE
XL: SIT ON THIS ROCK FOREVER NOW PLAYING WITH OUR BONES
EPILOGUE: I STARED AT THE HEAD. THE HEAD STARED BACK.