World Running Down

Synopsis

A transgender salvager on the outskirts of a dystopian Utah gets the chance to earn the ultimate score and maybe even a dash of romance. But there's no such thing as a free lunch…–––Valentine Weis is a salvager in the future wastelands of Utah. Wrestling with body dysphoria, he dreams of earning enough money to afford citizenship in Salt Lake City – a utopia where the testosterone and surgery he needs to transition is free, the food is plentiful, and folk are much less likely to be shot full of arrows by salt pirates. But earning that kind of money is a pipe dream, until he meets the exceptionally handsome Osric.Once a powerful AI in Salt Lake City, Osric has been forced into an android body against his will and sent into the wasteland to offer Valentine a job on behalf of his new employer – an escort service seeking to retrieve their stolen androids. The reward is a visa into the city, and a chance at the life Valentine&’s always dreamed of. But as they attempt to recover the &“merchandise&”, they encounter a problem: the android ladies are becoming self-aware, and have no interest in returning to their old lives.The prize is tempting, but carrying out the job would go against everything Valentine stands for, and would threaten the fragile found family that&’s kept him alive so far. He&’ll need to decide whether to risk his own dream in order to give the AI a chance to live theirs.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781915202246

Related ISBNs:

9781915202239

Publisher:

Watkins Media

Date of Addition:

02/14/23

Copyrighted By:

Al Hess

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Romance, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.