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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, heโs been doing the work of two on his failing protein farm. Overworked and undersized, Runtโs dwindling hope of earning corporate citizenship has turned to fear of violent โretirement.โ 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 Oxโs genetically altered pheromones. Ox plays the part of the gentle giant well, but Runtโs still not convinced he hasnโt arrived with murder in mind. Between brutal desire and the seeds of a relationship, Runtโs fears and Oxโs inhuman past collide on a fertile world where hope and love just might have room to grow.
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