The Drum Trial: A Story in the Avery Cates Universe

New York is burning.

After the assassination of Dennis Squalor came the Monk Riots: Thousands of cyborgs, released from their digital prisons, expressing rage and suffering and insanity through violence and bloodshed. The System Security Force mobilizes with brutal efficiency to restore order, but they take losses—and they’ve been ordered not to go after the man they blame: A young Gunner named Avery Cates.

But the System Police aren’t used to being told that someone is untouchable. And they have no intention of obeying this particular order.

Also contains the bonus Cates story, “A Small, Red-headed Problem”

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