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I Can Transform You

Maurice Broaddus

First published 2013
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

From the dust of The Trying Times, corp-nations have risen up in place of failed governments, and twilight haze dropped down in place of the sky. The economy fell, and the Earth itself shot heavenward, transforming the very face of the planet into an alien landscape with towers punching past the new sky into one of many unknowns. Soon after, the jumpers started raining from among the blue lanterns that took the place of sun and stars. Mac Peterson left the employ of LG Security Forces and now cobbles together a life in the shadows of the great towers, filling policing needs for people too unimportant for the professional corp-national security to care about. His ex-wife, Kiersten, stayed behind on the Security Forces, working undercover. When she turns up dead alongside one of the tower jumpers, Mac pairs up with Ade Walters, a cyborg officer, to uncover who would try to hide Kiersten's death among the suicides. Searching for the murderer of one of their own, Mac and Ade discover plans to transform the Earth and its inhabitants...plans that only started with the great upheaval and The Trying Times.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
2013 Cover I Can Transform You Apex Publications Chapbook
September 2023 Cover The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vintage Books Anthology 393
September 2023 Cover The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vintage Books Anthology |393
May 2024 Cover The Big Book of Cyberpunk Volume Two Vintage (UK) Anthology 177