Gustavo Bondoni

Cassius Station: a sprawling space city orbiting Tau Ceti. A place where everything is for sale and everyone has their price. I'm Deck Leonid, a private investigator. I find people and things, and run odd-jobs for various big-shots on the station. I keep my deals and try not to hurt people more than necessary. I maintain my reputation and make a decent living. But I've stumbled into something big, and rival gangs all want me dead.
If only I knew what I uncovered. Now I'm facing killer cyborgs, femme fatales, rogue AIs, and the most dangerous and mysterious crimelord in the system, known only as The Earthling. I don't know who I can trust. Probably no one. But I've always had a soft spot for a pretty face. Once that weakness got my nose broke; this time it may get me killed.  The start of a new, independent series in the universe of his Emily Plair Saga, (OUTSIDE, SPLINTER, AMALGAM) by Gustavo Bondoni, an Argentinian English-language author of many science-fiction novels and short stories, winner of the 2025 Jim Baen Memorial Award.