Destiny also waits for Martinez, in the form of the mysterious survivor Caroline Sula, a woman whose beautiful face conceals a deadly secret, and whose brilliant mind holds the key to victory over the Naxids. But no sooner does Martinez arrive at the capital than he finds himself entangled in intrigue, first by political enemies intending to deprive him of command, then by his own brother Roland, who wants to use him to further the ambitions of a Martinez dynasty.

To help save Zanshaa comes Lord Gareth Martinez, formerly a despised provincial officer, now, in the aftermath of a brilliant victory, a celebrated war hero. The alien Naxids have won a shattering victory at Magaria, a victory that clears the way for an advance on the loyalist capital, Zanshaa. In this near future thriller, Walter Jon Williams weaves a pulse pounding tale of intrigue, murder, and games where you don’t get an extra life. Caught between the dangerous worlds of the Russian Mafia and international finance, Dagmar must draw on all her resources not least millions of online gamers to track down the killer. He pads his hours at the call center slaying on line orcs, stealing your loot, and selling it on the internet.īut when one of them is gunned down in a parking lot, the survivors become players in a very different kind of game. BJ was there from the start, but while Charlie’s star rose, BJ sank into the depths of customer service. He’s the one with the plan and the one to keep the geeks in line. Her boss Charlie has his own problems 4.3 billion of them, to be precise, hidden in an off shore account. The city is tearing itself apart around her and she needs to get out. And though each was good at a number of things, all of them were very good at games…ĭagmar is a game designer trapped in Jakarta in the middle of a revolution. Once upon a time, there were four of them.

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