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Victim Prime by Robert Sheckley

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Victim Prime

by Robert Sheckley

It is a dying Earth's defiant answer to a seemingly hopeless future.

American Science fiction Fiction, science fiction, general
Author Robert Sheckley
Published 1987
Format Book

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About Victim Prime

It is a dying Earth's defiant answer to a seemingly hopeless future. While the world's remaining population struggles to survive on a planet made barren by humanity's own greed, a small, select group of men and women seek wealth and glory in the challenge of death itself. They are the Hunters. and they are also the Victims, co-conspirators in a mutual duel of destruction played out for the world's vicarious entertainment. One by one, the have come to the small Caribbean island where the Hunt is held. And two by two, computers have assigned them their roles - Hunter and Victim - to Kill or be killed by any means fair or fowl.

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