Clade: A NovelIT’S A POST-ECOCAUST WORLD. WELCOME TO IT. In the San Jose of tomorrow, all of nature is gengineered—from the warm-blooded plants to the designer people. But even in a rigidly controlled biosystem, with its pheromone-induced social order, the American dream is still the American dream. Caught between these new-old worlds, Rigo is on his way up—he’s going to be part of tomorrow, even if it means he has to leave today behind. Written off as a sellout on the streets of his old ’hood, Rigo’s got his own ap in an aplex, a 9-to-5er, and a girl. He’s got opportunity. If he works hard, his job with a heavyweight politicorp could give him a chance to move up in the clades. But when he’s chosen as part of a team to construct a new colony on a nearby comet, Rigo smells a setup. And when disaster strikes, he learns that if there’s a way to bend the rules, there’s also a way to break them… |
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Section 2 | 21 |
Section 3 | 35 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 57 |
Section 6 | 70 |
Section 7 | 80 |
Section 8 | 92 |
Section 17 | 218 |
Section 18 | 239 |
Section 19 | 251 |
Section 20 | 266 |
Section 21 | 279 |
Section 22 | 288 |
Section 23 | 299 |
Section 24 | 308 |
Section 9 | 111 |
Section 10 | 123 |
Section 11 | 138 |
Section 12 | 151 |
Section 13 | 165 |
Section 14 | 176 |
Section 15 | 186 |
Section 16 | 200 |
Section 25 | 316 |
Section 26 | 325 |
Section 27 | 335 |
Section 28 | 345 |
Section 29 | 353 |
Section 30 | 364 |
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