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FIREDANCE by Steven Barnes

FIREDANCE

by Steven Barnes

Pub Date: Dec. 1st, 1993
ISBN: 0-312-85094-8
Publisher: Tor

Third in a—series?—begun with the paperback Streetlethal and Gorgon Child, whose central character is Aubry Knight, raised and trained as an assassin for organized crime. About 40 years from now, after a great earthquake has devastated the core of Los Angeles, Knight founds the Scavengers, a group dedicated to rebuilding ``Mazetown''—whereupon various power groups decide that it's about time that they assassinated Knight. Fans of futuristic martial-arts yarns (Ö la Eric van Lustbader) should do well here: Barnes's efforts are relatively accessible to newcomers, though best begun at the beginning.