The four long pieces in this volume show Lewis Shiner writing and "hard edged, often political genre fiction at its finest, and " as Publishers Weekly said about his Collected Stories. These are some of the most accessible stories Shiner has ever written, featuring, as he says in his introduction, and "car chases, ticking clocks, and things blowing up in slow motion. and " At the same time, all four stories deal with the abuse of power in a way that has never been more timely.Contains and "The Black Sun, and " and "The Next, and " and "Doglandia, and " and and "Doctor Helios. and "