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    Marlowe Kana (Volume 2)
    Marlowe Kana (Volume 2)
    Marlowe Kana (Volume 2)
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    Marlowe Kana (Volume 2)

    By Joe Peacock

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    *** Volume 3 now available! ***

    "Dude! I blew through Volume 1 on the plane to Omaha! So good! I'm so hooked!"-- Matt Chapman, Co-Creator, Homestar Runner

    "If William Gibson had any literary heirs -- the family tree would include Warren Ellis, Jonathan Hickman, and now... Joe Peacock, a powerful youngster in a genre that could use a jolt to the system. Peacock writes with expediency and para-military precision. His characters don't just leap off of the page -- they strap on jetpacks -- and blast out of it. If you are into Black Mirror, Bruce Sterling, or the cyberpunk genre, this IS the book you need to have in your life."-- David Gallaher, Vampire: The Masquerade, Green Lantern, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man

    "If Ghost in the Shell and Neal Stephenson's novels are things that catch your interest, you owe it to yourself to check out cyberpunk expert Joe Peacock's first scifi novel."-- Olliver Kirby, Funimation

    *****

    Volume 2 picks up immediately after the events of Volume 1 (spoilers ahead): Jen and Marlowe are on the run from MilSec and the contestants on United America's Next Top Solider. They have to find the evidence that exonerates Marlowe -- not just to clear her name, but to free her father as well. Help shows up in the form of the mysterious Judge and his supporters, The Sovereign. Meanwhile, the President of the United American State, Stephen Cook, has found himself at odds with the corporation his family started and he once helmed. His autonomy as President is being challenged at every turn. The entire country has taken notice and tuned in to every Feed on the net, keeping track of the events as they unfold -- and they aren't disappointed, as Marlowe her toughest opponent yet -- It's just too bad she can't see what (or who) it is...

    This eBook contains Book 1, Volume 2 (chapters 11-18) for easy reading in your reading platform of choice. Read new chapters of the Marlowe Kana series for free at the website -- a new chapter is published every Monday!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoe Peacock
    Release dateJun 19, 2017
    ISBN9781370345533
    Marlowe Kana (Volume 2)
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    Joe Peacock

    Joe Peacock is an author, screenwriter, producer, web developer and culturenaut. His latest book is the start of the Marlowe Kana series, a three book, fifteen volume story borne of his love of cyberpunk, near future sci-fi, anime and vaporwave. 2017 has seen a massive resurgence of Peacock's work. He wrote and produced the critically-acclaimed documentary series Screenland (on Hulu and RedBull.TV), released the new Marlowe Kana series, and consulting on the new tour of the Art of Akira Exhibit (which he owns and curates). Previously, Peacock wrote two books of hyperbolic autobiography, both called Mentally Incontinent, and Everyone Deserves To Know What I Think, which collects from his work from CNN, Huffington Post, AOLNews, PC Magazine, and his blog. He also worked for Fark.com, which if you know what that is, I'm sure you're very impressed with.

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      Marlowe Kana (Volume 2) - Joe Peacock

      Marlowe Kana - Volume 2 (Chapters 11-18)

      Copyright 2017 Joe Peacock. All Rights Reserved.

      The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. No person or entity associated with this story received payment or anything of value, or entered into any agreement, in connection with the depiction of tobacco or alcoholic products. I just like them a lot, so I mentioned them.

      A Word On Sharing:

      Please share this book with anyone you see fit.

      If you received this book from a friend and liked it, all I ask is that you buy the future volumes and share them with your friends.The individual dollars and pennies don't matter to me nearly as much as being able to write for you. Your financial support is appreciated, but word of mouth is worth 100 times that—so spread the word, share this book, and keep reading!

      Thank you for your support!

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      11. The Doctor Is In

      12. Palace Intrigue

      13. Snow Crash

      14. Here Comes The Judge

      15. A Day In The Life Of: The Tufners

      16. 1337 Hax Way

      17. To The Nines

      18. A Day In The Life Of: Matthew Swift

      Credits

      About Joe Peacock

      Other books by Joe Peacock

      Connect with Joe Peacock

      Acknowledgements

      Without Beth Watson, Meghan Hetrick, Rowena Yow, Joseph Rhodes, Jason Covert, Rachel Weatherly, and Casey Edwards, this book would not exist.

      Extra special thanks to my Patreon supporters: Adam Simmons, Akiradice, Amanda Blohm, Angela, Austin Schenoni, Beth Johnson, Brandon Copp-Millward, Christopher Cholet , Dave Williams, David Gallaher, David Willis, Elizabeth Khimani, Eric Brown, Eric McConnell, Frances Shaheen, Genny Platon Johnson, Gio Rossi, James Francey, jason covert, Jason Erickson, Jason Fleury, Jeremy Halvorsen, Jeremy Ryan, Jesse Hogan, John, Jon Peters, Jon Scheiber, Joy Johnston, Justin McElderry, Keith, Kitty Nicious, Lan Pitts, Luca Piazza, Luka Kladaric, Mark W. Schumann, Matthew Warlick, Meghan Hetrick, Melissa Ross, Mike Thompson, Nat Fairbanks, Nicole Sweet, Patricia Chapman, Raul Valle, Richard Quartarone, Robert Scott III, Scott McDaniel, ScullyRaptor, Sean M O'Leary, Shawn Hill, Stefan Blitz, Ted Ladue, Tony Caudillo, Trey Alexander, Tyler Haas, and @Bombtune.

      Original Soundtracks for Marlowe Kana Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 by Sinewave Sionora are now available! If you like techno, hardcore, vaporwave, or good music in general, check them out at:

      http://sinewavesionora.bandcamp.com/

      For Beth.

      11. The Doctor Is In

      …Ball is at the 27, it’s fourth and a short one, SportsFeed announcer Pat Daniel trumpeted. Four seconds left on the clock… It’s do or die for the Atlanta Phoenix. If they don’t convert, their three-year New Super Bowl streak is over and the Indianapolis Capitols win their first ever UAFL title!

      The video on the screen in Dr. Ben Rossler’s vehicle suddenly froze. We have arrived at Grady-Usher-CeeLo Memorial Medical Center, doctor, JAQi announced calmly. Would you like—

      Dang it, JAQi, Dr. Rossler complained, You know not to interrupt when I’m watching the game!

      Yes, sir, JAQi replied. But your patient is inbound via airlift in forty-four seconds. You were paged with urgent priority, and you’ve replayed this particular game seventeen times since its original air date last week.

      Doctor Rossler was quiet for a moment. Fine, I guess you have a point, he muttered. But quickly, just replay the touchdown.

      A tone sounded and the footage restarted. TOUCHDOWN!!!! Pat Daniel yelled hysterically as Atlanta Phoenix's star receiver, Brian St. Jacques, caught the hail mary pass thrown by Sean Roma, the retiring quarterback. The two players chest-bumped each other in the end zone as the crowd went wild. The Atlanta Phoenix are officially a dynasty! United American Football League New Super Bowl Champions for a fourth consecutive year!

      YES! Dr. Rossler cheered, pumping his fist in the air and nearly hitting the roof of the car. Never gets old!

      Your patient, Doctor, JAQi announced.

      Yeah, yeah, okay! I’m on it!

      Dr. Rossler eased his six-foot-four, three hundred pound-frame out of the rear exit of the painfully small automated U-Lyft Taxi. He was immediately greeted by his ten-person surgical team, along with his personal assistant Devin. As he marched toward the entrance to the hospital, his entourage hurried to match his pace.

      Patient has suffered third-degree burns across ninety-five percent of his body, Devin briefed. Eyes, sinuses, lungs… All charred and likely unsalvageable. The blast he endured also concussed his brain and pulverized his legs and his one remaining biological arm. Central nervous system seems to be intact, however, a full-scale recreation of all nervous function across the body will likely—

      Gum? Dr. Rossler asked without breaking stride.

      No thanks, sir, Devin said without shifting his focus from the charts displayed on the heads-up display in his contact lenses.

      "No… Do you have my gum?" Dr. Rossler asked.

      Devin shook his head, and then looked past the charts in his eyes at the expectant doctor. Uh… No sir? Devin replied warily as they continued into the express elevator.

      Here you are sir, Dr. Karen Vessey, one of Rossler’s surgical staff, said as she handed him a pack of sugar-free Imagen Mint Splash gum.

      The doors to the elevator closed, and the lift began rocketing up sixty-six floors to the landing pad on the roof.

      Thank you, Doctor Vessey, Doctor Rossler said sharply while staring down at Devin. Despite being a ten-year veteran of my staff and a highly regarded surgeon, and also NOT my personal assistant, it is awfully kind of you to remember my gum.

      Don’t mention it, sir, Dr. Vessey replied.

      Devin, Rossler said, not breaking his gaze.

      Yes, sir?

      I have the patient’s vitals in my HUD as we speak, and I had the charts sent to me via JAQi before I got out of bed. In fact, what’s in the charts was so fascinating, it’s the only reason I even got out of bed at this hour. I already know what’s in the chart. Unless Mr. Henry Cain—or do I call him Mad Dog? Or Mr. Dog?  I never know with these celebrity soldiers and their damn nicknames… ANYway, unless our patient dies before the transport lands, I already know how I intend to proceed.

      Uh… Yes, sir? Devin replied as the elevator signaled that they had just passed the twentieth floor.

      You answered a transfer request from the front desk to be promoted to my personal assistant, did you not?

      Yes, sir.

      And in that request, did it mention, even once, that you should brief me on the charts?

      Um… No, sir.

      Right. But there were other job functions in the request, most of which you have performed impeccably since you started last week. And there was one thing, specifically, that I asked for in that order. It was in bold font, underlined, and highlighted. What was it that I specifically stated that you should have for me at all times?

      Uh… Imagen Mint Splash gum, sir, Devin replied.

      Right, Dr. Rossler said briskly as the elevator passed the fortieth floor. Imagen Mint Splash gum. You even asked when we first met if that was just a joke I put in the transfer post to see if you read the whole thing, didn’t you?

      Yes, sir.

      And I was impressed, because you had.

      Devin sat silent. The elevator reached the sixty-sixth floor.

      Papers filed, office kept tidy, and Imagen Mint Splash gum in pocket at all times. Understood? Dr. Rossler queried as the elevator doors opened to the

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