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Corporations fall, gangsters are killed, but no-one messes with the Couriers Guild.

When Armand Pierce first became a courier ten years ago, he had an attache case connected to a titanium cuff grafted into the bones of his wrist, and took an oath: the delivery is everything. He can run,…

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1 author picked The Price of Everything as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is so freakin’ clever. Its realistic near-future aspects are outstanding, and it fits with my concerns about climate contamination and what the Earth might experience in just a few generations because of it. “In a world (read this in your deepest male announcer movie trailer voice) where sea level has risen enough to obsolete the first five or so floors of all the world’s skyscrapers—and there is no internet, so all business is done in cash—and no one trusts anyone…”

I liked the post-apocalyptic feel of it, the action, and the unique protagonist: a courier whose attaché…

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