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*Black Flies* is the story of paramedic Ollie Cross and his first year on the job in mid-'90s New York. It is a ground's eye view of life on the streets: the shoot-outs, the bad cops, unhinged medics, the hopeless patients, the dark humor in bizarre circumstances, and one medic's struggle to balance his desire to help against his own growing callousness. It is the story of lives that hang in the balance, and of a single job with a misdiagnosed newborn that sends Cross and his partner into a life-changing struggle between good and evil.
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19 primary books29 released booksKris Longknife is a 29-book series with 19 released primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Mike Shepherd and Mike Moscoe.
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13 primary books36 released booksSociety of Humanity is a 36-book series with 36 released primary works first released in 2000 with contributions by Mike Moscoe and Mike Shepherd.
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I really didn't like this book, and it amazes me that I finished it. I put it down a couple of times because it was too tedious for me to continue. With “Mutineer” in the title you expect a mutiny to be a main part of the story. It's not. The main part of the story is watching a (space) navy ensign do ground work on a planet. The mutiny is at the very end and is over too fast and way too easy. Seriously, I went through the whole mutiny in maybe 15 minutes of reading. The way she pulled off her “mutiny” didn't resonate either. Had this book been about a mutiny and the fallout from that, it might have been more interesting. Instead it's about a dirtside rescue operation that's really not that interesting.
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