Privatermittlerin Cas Russell ist nicht einfach nur gut in Mathe – sie ist ein Mathe-Genie. Aufgrund ihrer einzigartigen Fähigkeit, Vektoren vor ihrem inneren Auge zu sehen, ist selbst der härteste Gegner mit der größten Knarre chancenlos gegen sie. Doch ihr neuester Fall führt Cas in die Tiefen der Unterwelt, wo sie es mit dem Puppenspieler zu tun bekommt, dessen übersinnliche Fähigkeiten die von Cas bei Weitem übersteigen. Und plötzlich weiß sie nicht mehr, welche Gedanken ihre eigenen sind und welche ihr der Puppenspieler eingepflanzt hat …
In this gripping SF thriller, math-genius mercenary Cas Russell confronts a shadowy organization that has not only brainwashed the world but also manipulated her own past and superhuman abilities. As a demolitions expert threatens her and her friends, Cas finds herself entangled in a conspiracy that blurs the lines between her past, present, and future. The stakes rise as she races against time to save a beloved friend, unraveling the mysteries of her own identity along the way.
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Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of devastating ruthlessness, unseemly femininity, dangerous philosophies, and ungovernable gender who are ready to make history―or tear it apart. In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own. Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training the Emperor's soldiers in sword and truncheon, battle axe and spear, lance and crossbow. Unlike bolder friends who flirt with challenging the unequal hierarchies and values of Imperial society, she believes in keeping her head down and doing her job. Until a powerful man with a vendetta rips that carefully-built life away. Disgraced, tattooed as a criminal, and on the run from an Imperial Marshall who will stop at nothing to see her dead, Lin Chong is recruited by the Bandits of Liangshan. Mountain outlaws on the margins of society, the Liangshan Bandits proclaim a belief in justice―for women, for the downtrodden, for progressive thinkers a corrupt Empire would imprison or destroy. They're also murderers, thieves, smugglers, and cutthroats. Apart, they love like demons and fight like tigers. Together, they could bring down an empire.
