The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid  | $7.95 (e-book) |
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In 2067, human cloning is a part of everyday life. But it is a bizarre form
of cloning: not actually the direct copying of a humans, but rather the
construction of custom-made reproductions of humans using animal DNA. The
CIA uses these so-called "chimeras" for various undercover operations, and
one of their technicians, Simon Boyle, has a sideline making illegal
copies: chimeras based on famous criminals, for rent. His Billy the Kid, a
creation unable to comprehend or sometimes even recognize the sorts of
things that didn't exist before the 1880s and endowed with powerful sex
pheromones, is quite popular for a night of historically convincing passion
with rich women, particularly the part where Boyle (as sheriff Pat Garrett)
guns him down. As the story progresses, Billy the Kid starts remembering
things from his previous lives. One of Boyle’s clients sets Billy loose
into the mean streets of the 21st century, where he struggles to seize
control of the myths in his ROM. Jane, a worker in a shelter for abused
chimeras, has her life turned upside down as she's caught up in a struggle
for possession of Billy. Sex pheromones or not, not only is Billy's
identity as a real person at question, but the notion of masculinity as
well.
ISBN: 978-1-61976-016-5 (13 digit)
Publication Date: Dec 2012
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