Escalante
A Novella Featuring the Fixer
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Jay Ben Markson
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There's a stranger in town, and he just wants to be left alone.
But Dockside doesn't like strangers, and the dirty old town never leaves anyone alone. Not emotionally scarred top-secret ex-army cyborgs, and certainly not good cops with bad habits.
Join New Boston's most famous fixer for his first week in the most dangerous part of town. All he wanted was a quiet place to hide, but now he has to team up with the last good cop in Dockside if they expect to stop a gang war and protect the hard-working folks just trying to make an honest living.
It's good cop versus, bad cop, gang leader versus mobster, and Roland Tankowicz versus everybody in a high-stakes contest for control of Dockside. He may be brand new to the job, but the smart money is on everybody's favorite Army surplus cyborg as he doubles down on the deadliest game in Dockside:
Escalante.
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Avery Cates is a very bad man. Some might call him a criminal. He might even be a killer - for the right price. But right now, Avery Cates is scared. He's up against the Monks - cyborgs with human brains, enhanced robotic bodies, and a small arsenal of advanced weaponry. Their mission is to convert anyone and everyone to the Electric Church. But there is just one snag: Conversion means death.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Holy Dystopia
- By The Flash on 08-21-16
By: Jeff Somers
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The Rise of Io
- By: Wesley Chu
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Ella Patel, thief, con-artist and smuggler, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. One night, she happens upon a man and woman being attacked. The man freezes, leaving the woman to fight off five attackers at once, before succumbing. As she dies, to both Ella and the man's surprise, the sparkling light that rises from the woman enters Ella, instead of the man. She soon realizes she's been inhabited by Io, a low-ranking Quasing. Now Ella must help the alien presence to complete her mission.
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1 out of 5 stars
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14 plus hours that I'll never get back.
- By Pachypanchax on 11-08-17
By: Wesley Chu
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Thirteen
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,940
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,206
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,214
Marsalis is one of a new breed...literally. Genetically engineered by the U.S. government to embody the naked aggression and primal survival skills that centuries of civilization have erased from humankind, Thirteens were intended to be the ultimate military fighting force. The project was scuttled, however, when a fearful public branded the supersoldiers dangerous mutants, dooming the Thirteens to forced exile on Earth's distant, desolate Mars colony. But Marsalis found a way to slip back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW, Morgan Does it again!
- By L. on 07-10-07
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Superheroes
- By: Peter S. Beagle, Daryl Gregory, James Patrick Kelly, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Joe Barrett, Christina Delaine, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 169
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Story4 out of 5 stars 148
Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pretentious tired old concepts
- By BookofJoy on 12-29-14
By: Peter S. Beagle, and others
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Dire: Fate
- The Dire Saga, Book 0.5
- By: Andrew Seiple
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 282
All Doctor Dire wants to do is save the world. But those pesky heroes keep getting in the way, and it's all she can do to give them a good fight without killing them. Supervillainy is such an underappreciated job these days....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good taste
- By AV on 02-23-21
By: Andrew Seiple
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The Purple Don
- An Illuminati Novel
- By: SLMN
- Narrated by: L. Steven Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Joey Diamonds is on the verge of being a “made” man, with ice-cold blue eyes that pierce through the hearts of women...and men. After being disowned by his Mafia family, losing the love of his life, and realizing the world at large is his enemy, Joey throws extreme caution to the wind on his journey of self-debauchery in the name of fame and fortune. The Purple Don is the story of how self-destruction is never simply an internal state, and everyone around can be destroyed in the process.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This was a good story!
- By tracey on 04-18-24
By: SLMN
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Half-Resurrection Blues
- Bone Street Rumba, Book 1
- By: Daniel José Older
- Narrated by: Daniel José Older
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 448
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 418
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Story4 out of 5 stars 422
Carlos Delacruz is one of the New York Council of the Dead's most unusual agents - an inbetweener, partially resurrected from a death he barely recalls suffering, after a life that’s missing from his memory. He thinks he is one of a kind - until he encounters other entities walking the fine line between life and death. One inbetweener is a sorcerer. He's summoned a horde of implike ngks capable of eliminating spirits, and they’re spreading through the city like a plague.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I liked it. A lot. But...
- By Leo on 01-13-16
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Cash City
- By: Jonathan Fredrick
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,870
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,860
It is an obsession that has haunted Nick Malick for seven years - to avenge the murder of his young son. In his gut Malick knows who did it. But the psychopath is in prison for another crime, scheduled to be released in a year. All Malick has to do is wait...and survive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great New Series
- By Lia on 08-21-17
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Almost Infamous
- A Supervillain Novel
- By: Matt Carter
- Narrated by: Nicholas Techosky
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,163
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,956
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,954
Eighteen-year-old Aidan Salt isn't a superhero. With his powerful (and unpredictable) telekinetic abilities, he could be one if he wanted to, but he doesn't. He's unambitious, selfish, and cowardly, and he doesn't want to have to deal with all the paperwork required to become a professional superhero. But since the money, fame, and women that come with wearing the cape are appealing, he decides to become the first supervillain the world has seen in more than 20 years: Apex Strike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I DIDN'T WAKE UP DEAD, THAT WAS A GOOD START
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-13-17
By: Matt Carter
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The Automatic Detective
- By: A. Lee Martinez
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,557
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,361
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,366
Even in Empire City, a town where weird science is the hope for tomorrow, it's hard for a robot to make his way. It's even harder for a robot named Mack Megaton, a hulking machine designed to bring mankind to its knees. But Mack's not interested in world domination. He's just a bot trying to get by, trying to demonstrate that he isn't just an automated smashing machine, and to earn his citizenship in the process. It should be as easy as crushing a tank for Mack, but some bots just cant catch a break.
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3 out of 5 stars
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SOME DAYS, I WISH I HAD BEEN MADE A TOASTER
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 02-11-18
By: A. Lee Martinez
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- By: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,052
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,047
If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- By Andrew Pollack on 01-17-14
By: F. Paul Wilson
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Dirty Magic
- By: Jaye Wells
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 609
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 547
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Story4 out of 5 stars 552
The last thing patrol cop Kate Prospero expected to find on her nightly rounds was a werewolf covered in the blood of his latest victim. But then, she also didn't expect that shooting him would land her in the crosshairs of a Magic Enforcement Agency task force, who wants to know why she killed their lead snitch. The more Prospero learns about the dangerous new potion the MEA is investigating, the more she's convinced that earning a spot on their task force is the career break she's been wanting. But getting the assignment proves much easier than solving the case.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not really fantasy at all
- By gregory on 10-23-14
By: Jaye Wells
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Armageddon Bound
- Demon Squad, Book 1
- By: Tim Marquitz
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Story4 out of 5 stars 417
Half devil and miles from anything resembling heroic, perpetual underdog Frank "Triggaltheron" Trigg is the last man standing against Armageddon. As the favorite nephew of the devil, Frank has led a troubled life, but he'd always had his uncle's influence to fall back on. Now, with God and Lucifer coming to terms and leaving existence to fend for itself, his once exalted status of Antichrist-to-be does little to endear him to the hordes of angels and demons running amok in the godless world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great audio version of one of my favorite books!
- By The Bookwyrm Speaks on 10-24-15
By: Tim Marquitz
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Black Magic Outlaw, Books 1-3
- By: Domino Finn
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 22 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
Being a necromancer is kinda cool until you wake up half dead in a dumpster. Cisco Suarez is into something bad. Wanted by police, drenched in the stink of dark magic, and nether creatures coming out of the woodwork. Is resurrection overrated or what? This box set contains the first three Black Magic Outlaw novels ( Dead Man, Shadow Play, and Heart Strings) all at one special omnibus price.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I just can't
- By Robert Higgins on 02-25-18
By: Domino Finn
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Blood Scent
- Junkyard Druid Novellas, Book 1
- By: M. D. Massey
- Narrated by: Steven Barnett
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 183
After the loss of his girlfriend Jesse, druid-trained hunter Colin McCool swore off monster-hunting for good. Now a rogue vampire is killing the weak and defenseless in his city, and no one else seems to care enough to stop him. To end the slaughter, Colin has agreed to take up his sword one last time...but will this "one final job" be the death of him?
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2 out of 5 stars
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dont waste money
- By STACY GREEN on 12-23-18
By: M. D. Massey
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The Plantation
- Payne & Jones, Book 1
- By: Chris Kuzneski
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 356
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4 out of 5 stars 270
The first to disappear is a ski instructor in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Hours later, a pregnant woman is abducted from a crowded hospital. Two places, two incidents, a single motive. And so it begins....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Story
- By Char on 07-11-09
By: Chris Kuzneski
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Graveyard Shift
- By: Michael F. Haspil
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 397
Alex Menkaure, former pharaoh and mummy, and his vampire partner, Marcus, born in ancient Rome, are vice cops in a special Miami police unit. They fight to keep the streets safe from criminal vampires, shape-shifters, bootleg blood dealers, and anti-vampire vigilantes. When poisoned artificial blood drives vampires to murder, the city threatens to tear itself apart. Only an unlikely alliance with former opponents can give Alex and Marcus a fighting chance against an ancient vampire conspiracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vampires and humans living in harmony?
- By Anne on 03-23-18
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- Trish R.
- 06-11-21
Good, but not for me..
This was a short intro to Roland Tankowicz, a cyborg. He's almost 8 feet tall and just moved into town and just wants to be left alone. Fat chance of the happening. He wasn't there 10 minutes when 4 gang members thought they'd take him on. Yeah, they didn't last long.
Anyway, I'm just so weird that I won't be moving on with that series. When an author describes the MC I can picture him in my mind BUT I can't picture someone with a bald head and a pug nose. I have no idea why an author wants to have someone that looks like that and make a series about him. Anyway, it was an enjoyable short story it's just not for me. Like I said, I'm weird.
No romance and the F-bomb was used 20 times.
As for the narration: Jay Ben Markson was just great. His voices for every person was perfect.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Jean Samberg
- 04-17-19
i'm usually a picky SOB but this is really great.
hoping people who share my taste read this review and try the book-- i go to reviews all the time before i buy, and appreciate when people explain (without spoilers) why they like said book.... okay. so, my favorite author is raymond chandler. many great gumshoe/hard-boiled characters have followed philip marlowe, and some are great, some are fun, and most are terrible. (yes, I know, Sam Spade was technically the true godfather of hard boiled fiction, but I'm a Marlowe man). Anyways. I love the tropes, but it's rare people put a new spin on it. This author did it perfectly. Sure, we've seen cyber-noir before, but most are awful. If 'Altered Carbon' is a 10, I would give this novella a 9. I mean, it's dope. I'm hard to please, and half the books I buy on audible I stop listening to out of boredom. Try this. if you love Philip Marlowe and Takeshi Kovacs, this is the next anti-hero you've been waiting for.
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