“Fun, fast, violent, smart, and with enough adventure and science-fiction elements to keep fans of both genres happy, this was more than a superb novel: it was the kind of book that announces the arrival of an author at the top of his game.”

—LitReactor (Best of 2017)

“Tropic of Kansas is savvy political thriller meets ripping pulp adventure—a marriage made in page-turning, thought-provoking heaven. . . . It’s a vision both frighteningly prescient and already too real, and a story of valiant heart and brain up against the worst architectures of greed and power.”

—Jessica Reisman, SESFA Award–winning author of Substrate Phantoms

Also by Christopher Brown

• Tropic of Kansas
• Rule of Capture

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* Full credit to another generous colleague, Rudy Rucker, for this spot-on handle for every science-fiction writer’s dream research correspondent.