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Book SynopsisMark L Van Name''s first book in the Jon and Lobo series demolished all thealready high marketing projections. In Slanted Jack he's vaulting thatstunning success with a novel that bobs and weaves, takes you on a headlong racethrough a strange but believable future, and never slows down.
The job lookssimple enough: Jon Moore, the nanotech-enhanced, world-weary, soldier offortune, agrees to help a con man, a friend from a part of his past he'drather forget, protect a very special young boy. The deal doesn't staysimple, as each move Jon and Lobo make results in more danger and more enemies. The situation grows even more complicated when a beautiful woman with an unclearagenda joins them in their quest.
The best con man Jon's everknown, a ruthless gang boss, a heavily armed group of religious fanatics, and aninterstellar government out to clean up a dangerous frontier world rush togethertoward an explosive climaxand Jon and Lobo are caught in the middle.
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