Hunter, Lover, Cyborg, Slave: A Short Story

Hunter, Lover, Cyborg, Slave: A Short Story

A woman needs a man like an authorized cyborg bounty hunter needs an AI familiar.

Meet Gini, a petite raven-haired femme who weighs all of 105 pounds galactic in a dripping wet shirt—before her carbon-fiber bone implants, of course. As one of the few authorized cyborgs still alive after the war, she's a bounty hunter now, taking down hardened criminals with the help of her most trusted friend, a class 4 artificial intelligence named Henry.

But when the job on Alamut-VII goes bad, it forces her to confront her own mortality—and by extension, the loneliness and artificiality of her life. After all, if reality is what remains after everything artificial has been stripped away, who is the hunter and who is the slave when all of the safeguards and firewalls have been broken?

Order Now!
Details
Author:
Series: Short Story Singles
Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime & Mystery, Cyberpunk, FICTION, Science Fiction, Short Stories (single author), Space Opera
Tag: 2024 Release
Publisher: Joe Vasicek
Publication Year: January 2024
Length: Novelette
eBook Price: free!
Audiobook Price: free!
About the Author
Joe Vasicek

Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife and two apple trees.

Some of the links in the page above are "affiliate links." This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. You will not receive any additional charge. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.