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The Bey
An Avery Cates Short Story
2016
First Published
4.45
Average Rating
54
Number of Pages

Part of Series

Cates returns to dry land on the hunt for The Pale and his possessions, and finds himself hunted in turn by the Archangel's psionic lieutenant known as The Bey. Cates has to think fast, move faster, and adapt to a world in steep decline.
Avg Rating
4.45
Number of Ratings
31
5 STARS
55%
4 STARS
35%
3 STARS
10%
2 STARS
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Author

Jeff Somers
Jeff Somers
Author · 22 books
Jeff Somers (www.jeffreysomers.com) began writing by court order as an attempt to steer his creative impulses away from engineering genetic grotesqueries. He has published nine novels, including the Avery Cates Series of noir-science fiction novels from Orbit Books (www.avery-cates.com) and the Ustari Cycle series of urban fantasy novels. His short story “Ringing the Changes” was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2006, his story “Sift, Almost Invisible, Through” appeared in the anthology Crimes by Moonlight edited by Charlaine Harris, and his story “Three Cups of Tea” appeared in the anthology Hanzai Japan. He also writes about books for Barnes and Noble and About.com and about the craft of writing for Writer’s Digest, which will publish his book on the craft of writing Writing Without Rules in 2018. He lives in Hoboken with his wife, The Duchess, and their cats. He considers pants to always be optional.
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