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By: James Patrick Kelly
Narrated by: James Patrick Kelly
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In a hard-edged cyberpunk future, a courier has stolen a load of the most dangerous, most dazzling drug ever invented and is smuggling it into New York City. Pursued by a hired hit woman disguised as a young girl and a federally-appointed vigilante, he must find his way through the mean streets of Manhattan to his lair. He is ruthless, amoral, and a rat. Not just figuratively, but literally: a two-foot-long, walking, talking rat. Hearing is believing.

Author James Patrick Kelly is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award and has been nominated 10 times for the Nebula Award. His stories appear frequently in Asimov's Science Fiction, and he writes the magazine's "On the Net" column. Publishers Weekly has called him "a meticulous craftsman in the demanding short-story form".

Want to hear more great science fiction from Jim Kelly? Click here to subscribe to StoryPod 1.0 and you'll get 13 weekly stories, delivered automatically.(P) and ©2007 James Patrick Kelly
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Hugo Nominee, Best Short Story, 1987
Nebula Nominee, Best Short Story, 1987
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