World War Terminus has left the Earth devastated, and almost no animal life remains. Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter who tracks renegade replicants and retires them with his laser weapon. He dreams of owning a live animal, the ultimate status symbol. His chance comes with an assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets for a huge reward. But nothing in Deckard's world is simple. The job turns into a tangle of subterfuge and deceit, and the hunter himself comes under threat of death.
Why You Should Read?
- Follow Rick Deckard as he hunts renegade replicants through an Earth ruined by World War Terminus.
- Explore a world where owning a live animal is the ultimate status symbol.
- Experience a dangerous assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets that grows into subterfuge and deceit.
- Feel the tension of a story in which the hunter, and not only the hunted, faces death.
About the Author
Philip K. Dick (1928 to 1982) was an American science fiction novelist and short story writer, born in Chicago. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, and began publishing in 1952. His fiction explored reality, perception, human nature and identity. The Man in the High Castle (1962) won him a Hugo Award for Best Novel. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He also wrote Ubik, A Scanner Darkly and VALIS.
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