Very Hard Choices (Russell Walker/Zandor Zudenigo/Nika Mandi Mysteries, #2)

After the shattering death of his beloved wife, aging baby-boomer Russell Walker had wanted only to hide from the world in the woods of British Columbia. Instead, an old college acquaintance called Smelly, who was a telepath, had knocked on his door and demanded his help in stopping a serial killer who made Hannibal Lector look like a boy scout. They had managed to convince Nika, a hard-headed and skeptical police officer, and the trio had stopped the killer, though nearly at the cost of their own lives, and things could go back to normal . . . they thought. But then Russell was visited by his estranged son, Jesse, a PR exec from New York, still angry over his fathers role in his mothers death. And, to their dismay, Nika and Russell learn that agreeing to help Zudie conceal the fact that he can read minds involves committing to help him hide from the CIA, who have been hunting him desperately ever since he escaped from the MK Ultra Project back in the 60s. Constable Nika must decide what being a peace officer means. Russell must decide on the fly whether or not Smelly is the kind of friend you'd die for. And Jesse, who lives in America, must decide just where his own national--and personal--loyalties lie. Best-selling and award-winning author of The Martian Child David Gerrold says of Very Hard Choices , Spider Robinson is at his best when he is most passionateand this is Spider Robinson at his very best.If you're expecting a nice polite distraction that you can put down and forget, you're going to be very annoyed. This isn't a story, it's a wake-up call. And it isn't over until you decide it's over. About the Author Award-winning author Spider Robinson is renowned for his Callahans Place series of bestselling novels, the latest being Callahans Con (Tor). With his wife, Jeanne, he has written the Hugo- and Nebula-winning Stardance series, which Baen recently published complete in one volume for the first time. He has been a favorite with readers from his earliest stories, which won him the John Campbell Award for best new writer. Since then he has garnered many other awards for his amusing, Heinlein-inspired SF, with the current total at three Hugos and a Nebula Award. He is frequently a guest at SF conventions across the US and Canada. His last book for Baen was the The Lifehouse Trilogy Calc Series A (group): Russell Walker Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB ABook : E_Only Title First Parm : Very Hard Choices Calc ESI Part 3 : 02 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 02 Test Search : Very Hard Choices / Spider Robinson Enter Series Index : 02 of 02 Calc Series Group : Russell Walker Title Post Pound : Very Hard Choices Words in Author Name: 2 Previous Series Index: 2 Test Text Series Index: 2 Raw Title : Very Hard Choices Title Length : 17 Title Parm A : Very Hard Choices Record ID : 1328 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_E.Russell Walker.Scifan.02 of 02._.ICBF Author Parm Cn : Robinson ES Name : Russell Walker Calc New Series : Russell Walker.... Series Parm B : 2 Series Parm A : Russell Walker Number of Formats : 1 Title Pre Pound : Very Hard Choices ES Suffix : _ Words in Title : 3 Whole Title : Very Hard Choices Title Suffix : Very Hard Choices EBook : Have Uncomma Author : Spider Robinson ES Genre : Scifan Compare Author : eq ES Group : Serified_E Test Compare Series to Entered: eq ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Spider Robinson Russell Walker Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : isbn:9781416555568 Single Author : Spider Robinson Sorted Author by LN, FN: Robinson, Spider Num of Aut : 1 Calc ESI Combined : 02 of 190 Title Pre Parend : Very Hard Choices Author Parm A : Spider Robinson After the shattering death of his beloved wife, aging baby-boomer Russell Walker had wanted only to hide from the world in the woods of British Columbia. Instead, an old college acquaintance called Smelly, who was a telepath, had knocked on his door and demanded his help in stopping a serial killer who made Hannibal Lector look like a boy scout. They had managed to convince Nika, a hard-headed and skeptical police officer, and the trio had stopped the killer, though nearly at the cost of their own lives, and things could go back to normal...they thought. But then Russell was visited by his estranged son, Jesse, a PR exec from New York, still angry over his father's role in his mother's death. And, to their dismay, Nika and Russell learn that agreeing to help Zudie conceal the fact that he can read minds involves committing to help him hide from the CIA, who have been hunting him desperately ever since he escaped from the MK Ultra Project back in the 60s. Constable Nika must decide what being a peace officer means. Russell must decide on the fly whether or not Smelly is the kind of friend you'd die for. And Jesse, who lives in America, must decide just where his own national -- and personal -- loyalties lie. Best-selling and award-winning author of The Martian Child David Gerrold says of Very Hard Choices , "Spider Robinson is at his best when he is most passionate -- and this is Spider Robinson at his very best. If you're expecting a nice polite distraction that you can put down and forget, you're going to be very annoyed. This isn't a story, it's a wake-up call. And it isn't over until you decide it's over. Nika And Russell Discover That Protecting The Secret Of Smelly's Telepathic Abilities Has Brought Them Into Conflict With The Central Intelligence Agency, Who Have Been Pursuing Him Since His Escape From The Mk Ultra Project In The 1960s. By Spider Robinson. A Baen Books Original--t.p. Verso.