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Dante Cubit and his pill‑popping sidekick, the Entropy Kid, storm First National Bank with attitude and snub guns, only to encounter a time‑traveling duplicate of Dante inside the vault. Their daring robbery may be nothing more than a virtual reality prank engineered by hacker Download Jones. As reality and simulation collide, the pair attract the deadly attention of hitman Brute Parker, who is after Dante—and possibly his rival Dante Two. Both thieves vie for the affection of assassin Rosa Control while navigating a labyrinth of cyber‑and‑physical danger.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Steve Aylett
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