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In Aztechs, Shepard returns to the near-future setting of his Nebula Award-winning story, "R&R" (later part of Life During Wartime). El Rayo, the bustling border community grown up along the electrified fence along the U. S./Mexican border, is home to Eddie Poe, who earns his living by providing security. The men he hires are AWOL U. S. soldiers. AZTECH, a mysterious high-tech firm rumored to be run by a renegade U.
S. military AI named Montezuma, hires Eddie and his bodyguards to join AZTECH representative Montezuma 2 ("Z2") for a meeting with the Carbonell cartel. When the meeting goes sour and Z2 is badly wounded, one of the soldiers lobs a pocket nuke to cover their escape, and Eddie realizes he's no longer in control...
Aux frontières de la SF et du fantastique, ce livre est un remarquable recueil de nouvelles d’une grande diversité qui allie atmosphères étranges et personnages forts.
Auteur à découvrir absolument pour ses univers différents, son intelligence et son écriture exigeante.