Sci-fi

Outland

by Alan Dean Foster
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Description

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder. Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. When the marshal investigates, he discovers the one thing all the deaths have in common is a lethal amphetamine-type drug, which allows the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they become "burned out" and expire. O'Niel follows the trail of the dealers, which leads to the man overseeing the colony. Now O'Niel must watch his back at every turn, as those who seek to protect their income begin targeting him...

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ViolenceGraphic
HorrorCreepy

Details

First published
March 1981
Pages
192
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Heyne Verlag
ISBN
9783453307704
Series
Standalone

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