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SABOTAGE
The Guildsman pulled out a chair and settled into it; his full sleeves fell upon the
tabletop as he leaned forward, his posture stiff with tension. "One hundred and
ninety E-days ago, a Guild outpilot was badly injured while returning to safespace.
Analysis of his personal log shows there was a malfunction in his brainware at the
moment of transition. It lasted only seconds, but that was long enough. In that
instant he believed himself to be an alien creature, surrounded by beings whose
brains didn't function like his own. He believed that these beings had fed programs
into his brainware which would make it impossible for him to think clearly, and that
they had surgically implanted a mechanism in his arm which would feed drugs into
his bloodstream, altering the very essence of his identity. With only seconds in
which to act, he did what he could to disable the perceived mechanism, and then
attempted to smash his skull open so that he could tear out his wiring. Fortunately
for him, the latter effort failed."
"Since his basic assumptions were correct," Masada said evenly, "I find it hard to
comprehend your objection to them."




Novels from

C. S. FRIEDMAN

Available from DAW Books

In Conquest Born

The Madness Season

This Alien Shore



The Coldfire Trilogy:

Black Sun Rising

When True Night Falls

Crown of Shadows




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"C. S. Friedman borrows some big ideas from writers like Cordwainer Smith, Frank Herbert and Samuel
R. Delaney, and runs with them. Instead of stumbling under the burden, she succeeds in making the ...
material her own ... Friedman has created a potent metaphor for the toleration of diversityтАФan