Bøger af Bruce C Davis

Set in a near-future Chicago, QUEEN MAB COURTESY is part adventure, part mystery, part science, and all fun. Tito, the main character, is a "Denver Dwarf"--victim of a birth defect caused by a biological terrorist attack while he was in the womb. It certainly didn't affect his mind or his spirit, though. He meets up with Charlie Sleazer, a hot chestnut vendor who quotes Shakespeare and has a few interesting sidelines (like helping people out of jams). They are trying to unravel what happened to Tito's father, who disappeared years ago. The C.O.P.S.--huge mechanical machines with biological 'chips' in control of their actions--seem to be engaged in a huge cover-up, adding to their already repressive nature as they try to protect people from everything including themselves. Queen Mab Courtesy is a fast-paced novel that's fun and easy to read, yet it makes the reader think about lots of things, not least of which is the value of being true to oneself and one's family.

Zack Mbele, captain of the independent freighter Profit, needs cash fast. There's a loan payment due on the ship, not to mention a bogus Customs duty imposed by a crooked official. They'll seize his ship if he doesn't pay up and he has few prospects. When an old friend calls with a lead on a job, Zack isn't too picky about obeying the letter of the law. All he has to do is smuggle someone out of Highpoint, a huge space station orbiting between the Earth and the Moon. It's not all that easy, as a beautiful assassin and the Red Dragons gang complicate things. Suddenly Zack is involved in a maze of double-cross and murder as he races the Dragons and a shadowy para-military army for the greatest prize of all.

Zack Mbele has a problem. His ship, the Profit, is in deep hock and the notorious mobster, Kwai Chang Wu, has bought the bank that holds the note. Either he does a job for Wu, or he'll lose his ship. To make matters worse, his friend, Rabbit, is kidnapped, his crewmember's family is brutally attacked, and his ex-wife, Cleo, is acting suspiciously. When Zack and his crew find themselves facing off with vicious crime bosses, criminal conspirators, deadly gangsters and a sinister goon with a bent for torture and killing, it isn't a question of how high the body count will go, but who will make it out alive.