ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The life and times of Raymond Electromatic owe a great deal to a great many people, and with a bit of luck I might even be able to remember enough of them to thank here.
Thanks to Tor Books: Miriam Weinberg, Diana Gill, Irene Gallo, Patty Garcia, and everyone else who has worked on my books. Thanks also to Paul Stevens, who started this whole thing, and to Will Staehle who continues to make me look really good on the shelf. Take a moment and close this book and look at the cover. That’s all Will, under Irene’s direction. Geniuses, the pair of them.
Thanks also to my agent, Stacia J.N. Decker of Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency, whose advice, assistance, opinion, skills, talents, and above all friendship I not only value but call upon with a quite frankly terrifying frequency. You rock.
And thanks to my wife, Sandra, for support and encouragement and advice and suggestions and ideas and infinite undying love. I love you!
BY ADAM CHRISTOPHER
THE EMPIRE STATE
Empire State
The Age Atomic
THE SPIDER WARS
Cold War
The Burning Dark
The Machine Awakes
THE RAY ELECTROMATIC MYSTERIES
Brisk Money
Made to Kill
Standard Hollywood Depravity
Killing Is My Business
ELEMENTARY
The Ghost Line
Blood and Ink
DISHONORED
The Corroded Man
Seven Wonders
Hang Wire
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ADAM CHRISTOPHER’s debut novel, Empire State, was SciFiNow’s Book of the Year and a Financial Times Book of the Year. The author of Made to Kill, Brisk Money, and Standard Hollywood Depravity lives in England. His other novels include The Age Atomic and The Burning Dark.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 40
Acknowledgments
By Adam Christopher
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
KILLING IS MY BUSINESS
Copyright © 2017 by Seven Wonders Limited
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First Edition: July 2017