The Spartacus File (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780809556281)

Philadelphia, some time in the 21st century - Casper Beech is a corporate drone, a man beaten down by debt, a wage-slave to the Consortium that dominates the American economy. One day his boss sends him in for neural imprinting - to have new job skills implanted directly in his brain, because it's faster and cheaper than training him by older methods. But a computer glitch loads the wrong file, and Casper is programmed with something that has nothing to do with his job. Instead of learning a new software package, he learns a new way of thinking - a mindset designed by a secret government agency for use in enemy nations, and never meant to be unleashed in the United States. Lethal government agents seek to correct the error in a steadily-escalating conflict, while Casper struggles to survive, to remain true to himself despite his new programming, and to find out just what was in... THE SPARTACUS FILE

Author: Lawrence Watt-Evans, Carl Parlagreco
ISBN-10: 0809556286
ISBN-13: 9780809556281
Publisher: Wildside Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d