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The Hormone Jungle
By Robert Reed


"He's Here! Somewhere! Here!"

Two more men come through the doorway, suspicious. All three of the new men
are built the same. They look the same. Each has a killing pistol, Steward
notes, and he starts to fire at them, aiming for their chests and hands.
Pain pulls them down.
One manages a bad shot, a red-hot circle of molten glass forming on the
window and flowing. Steward rushes the last man. He kicks and puts him down
and leaps through the door and then dances to one side, two more shots passing
close enough for him to feel the raw heat. It's dark in the big room. But now
someone's carrying a portable spotlight, the shaky beam coming out and chasing
him. More shots go wide. He makes for the elevator.
The elevator door is closed.
He turns and fires, pumping rounds into each target. A shot in each chest,
then another, then again; and while the three of them scream, rolling and
pulling at their bright hair, he gives the elevator door a steady shove.
Nothing happens.
All locked tight. Someone's got him where they want him . . .


"This romantic noir tale plays out against Reed's intelligent, flavorful
background and his astuteness for social and cultural nuances."
-Publishers Weekly
"A psychedelic novel, full of concepts that sing . . . the SFnal elements to
Jungle are strong."
-Ogre
"The extrapolation of futures is part of what makes science fiction science
fiction, and the trick is to keep it interesting. Reed certainly keeps it
interesting . . . The Hormone Jungle is popping with good ideas."
-Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine


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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are
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