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Also by Damon Suede:

Loving Hearts, June 2023
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Lickety Split, March 2017
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Hot Head, December 2015
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Pent Up, December 2015
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Bad Idea, October 2013
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Horn Gate, May 2013
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Grown Men, November 2011
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Hot Head, June 2011
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GROWN MEN
By: Damon Suede

Riptide Publishing
November 2011
On Sale: October 27, 2011
Featuring: Runt
ISBN: 1937551105
EAN: 9781937551100
Kindle: B0060NP4UC
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Science Fiction

Every future has dirty roots.

Marooned in the galactic backwaters of the HardCell company, colonist Runt struggles to eke out an existence on a newly-terraformed tropical planetoid. Since his clone-wife died on entry, he’s been doing the work of two on his failing protein farm. Overworked and undersized, Runt’s dwindling hope of earning corporate citizenship has turned to fear of violent “retirement.”

When an overdue crate of provisions crashes on his beach, Runt searches frantically for a replacement wife among the tools and food. Instead he gets Ox, a mute hulk who seems more like a corporate assassin than a simple offworld farmer.

Shackwacky and near-starving, Runt has no choice but to work with his silent partner despite his mounting paranoia and the unsettling appeal of Ox’s genetically altered pheromones. Ox plays the part of the gentle giant well, but Runt’s still not convinced he hasn’t arrived with murder in mind.

Between brutal desire and the seeds of a relationship, Runt’s fears and Ox’s inhuman past collide on a fertile world where hope and love just might have room to grow.