Rick Montoya, eager to experience more of his Italian mother's culture, heads to Rome to start his own translation business. He's armed with curiosity and an appetite for local food and wine. Rick's maternal uncle is a Roman cop with one eye to his nephew's welfare and another to how Rick might be
Counting Up, Counting Down: ssc
โ Scribed by Harry Turtledove
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Del Rey/Ballantine
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
**From Harry Turtledove, bestselling author and critically acclaimed master of the short story, comes a classic collection of science fiction tales and what-if scenarios. In narratives ranging from fantastic to oddly familiar to eerily prescient, this compelling volume illustrates Turtledove's literary skill and unbridled imagination.
FORTY, COUNTING DOWN: **With the help of his time travel software, computer genius Justin Kloster returns to the past to stop himself from making a terrible mistake--but all actions have their consequences.
THE MALTESE ELEPHANT: A legendary detective finds himself in grave danger when a noir masterpiece takes a stunning new twist.
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GODDESS FOR A DAY:** Taking a page from history, a young girl dares to challenge the gods--and is richly rewarded for her efforts.
DECONSTRUCTION GANG: Mired in unemployment and despair, an academic finds happiness and intellectual fulfillment in a most...
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