The Spartacus File

The Spartacus File
Authors
Lawrence Watt-Evans & Carl Parlagreco
Publisher
Wildside Press LLC
Tags
science fiction , dystopia , cyberpunk , future , politics
Date
2016-11-10
Size
0.34 MB
Lang
en
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Philadelphia, some time in the 21st centuryCasper Beech is a corporate drone, a man beaten down by debt, a wage-slave to the Consortium that dominates the American economy. One day his boss sends him in for neural imprinting to have new job skills implanted directly in his brain, because it's faster and cheaper than training him by older methods. But a computer glitch loads the wrong file, and Casper is programmed with something that has nothing to do with his job. Instead of learning a new software package, he learns a new way of thinking a mindset designed by a secret government agency for use in enemy nations, and never meant to be unleashed in the United States. Lethal government agents seek to correct the error in a steadily-escalating conflict, while Casper struggles to survive, to remain true to himself despite his new programming, and to find out just what was in...THE SPARTACUS FILE