A Fire in the Sun

By Effinger, George Alec

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Marid Audran has become everything he once despised. Not so long ago, he was a hustler in the Budayeen, an Arabian ghetto in a Balkanized future Earth. Back then, as often as not, he didn’t have the money to buy himself a drink. But he had his independence.Now Marid works for Friedlander Bey, “godfather” of the Budayeen, a man whose power stretches across a shattered, crumbling world. During the day, Marid is a policeman…and Bey’s personal envoy to the police. His new position has brought him money and power which he would abandon in a moment if he could return to a life of neither owning nor being owned. Which, unfortunately, isn’t one of his options.It’s also not an issue. For something dark is afoot. Something that is sending the city into chaos. Helping a child-mutilator to avoid arrest. Sending a killer to murder Marid’s partner. Murdering prostitutes and savaging their remains. Signs point to the hand of Abu Adil—the one man in the city whose power rivals Friedlander Bey’s. Whatever happens next, it’s not going to be good news for Marid Audran…

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ISBN
978-0-76531-359-1
Publisher
Orb Books


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Reviewed on March 15, 2006

Once a hustler in the Budayeen, a crowded Arabian region in a Balkanized Earth, Marid Audran now works for Friedlander Bey, the sector's "godfather," serving as his contact within the police department. Despite his discontent at losing his freedom in return for a life of relative luxury, Audran responds t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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