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When Gravity Fails

by George Alec EffingerBook 1 of 3 in Budayeen: Marîd Audran
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In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audrian has kept his independence the hardway. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, he's available... for a price. For a new kind of killer roams the streets of the Arab ghetto, a madman whose bootlegged personality cartridges range from a sinister James Bond to a sadistic disemboweler named Khan. And Marid Audrian has been made an offer he can't refuse. The 200-year-old "godfather" of the Budayeen's underworld has enlisted Marid as his instrument of vengeance. But first Marid must undergo the most sophisticated of surgical implants before he dares to confront a killer who carries the power of every psychopath since the beginning of time.

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatSkirmish-Heavy
HorrorChilling

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First published
January 1987
Pages
284
Reading time
About 6 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Orb
Language
English
ISBN
9780765313584
Series
Budayeen: Marîd Audran, Book 1

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