Books
Books authored by George Duncan
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A Wine Red Silence
In the Balkanized, bizarre, politically correct world of the future, sin has not yet been eradicated. Neither has murder...
Private detective Jerico Drake is used to dealing with a world that has basically rejected goodness. With the nation now balkanized into white, black and Hispanic sections, and the new breed of "genrich"(genetically sculptured)hu
mans, technology has given evil a few more wrinkles. Drake's client, the young and lovely Lori Hallendorf, seems like a light in the midst of darkness...even though her life has been marred by trajedy. As Drake investigates her brother's murder, he discovers that he's been targeted by an unrelenting assassin-- a robotic killer with a shocking kind of artificial intelligence. In a world of nanotechnology and genetic engineering, where fantasies are easily fulfilled but dreams turn to ashes, Drake must pursue a deadly trail that will show him both the worst and the best, of humankind.
A Dark Orange Farewell
The key to their disappearance lies decades in the past.....
Even for veteran detective Jarrold Banyon, this is a baffling case. Two teenagers, whom friends describe as intelligent and stable-- and who are new born-again Christians-- have fled, allegedly taking two guns and stealing a valuable Aztec idol. Banyon doesn't trust his employers, who seem tocare mre about the idol than about their runaway daughter. Banyon senses the modern-day Romeo and Juliette are in great danger. To save them, he must uncover a grisly secret of the past or an ancient evil will be unleashed on the Earth
Galaxy Gems
Think the 21st century is bad? Just wait until the 23rd.... Fighting aliens. Combatting hostile insectoids. Solving cosmic mysteries. Exploring the galaxy. Battling demonic opponents. It's just another routine day at the office...if you're a Spacehawk, that is. Love. Honor. Sacrifice. Duty. Blood and Death. For squadron members Trent Bartley, Tequesta Lynquest, Lupe Martinez, and Sebastian McCloud, it's a great life.if you survive. Includes 8 masterful tales by critically-acclaimed sci-fi and mystery/detective writer George L. Duncan. Galaxy Gems The Spacehawks return to Kali, the closest thing to hell this side of the inferno. An Epitaph for Shangri-La Why would a sophisticated, intelligent race commit mass suicide? The Golden Laughter of the Sun An afternoon tease-and-tickle leads to meeting the race of Solarians. We Few, We Happy Few In the midst of savagery and evil, is it possible to find joy? When the Sacred Ginmill Closes McCloud must choose between a gritty, dangerous reality and an eternity of pleasant fantasies. Counterfeit World In the frozen world of the Trokans, what's illusion? What's real? No Eye Hath Seen What he sees could drive him mad.or forever change what he believes. The Ponce de Leon Project To what lengths would you go to live forever?
A Cold and Distant Memory
In the balkanized United States of 2053, whites, blacks, and Hispanics have their own sections, as do senior citizens and the young. There is a growing divide between the genetically enhanced “genrich” humans and the “genpoor” population. Robots are used as criminal enforcers. Clinics can erase or create memories. Bio-human synthetics give the seven deadly sins a few new wrinkles. But one thing hasn’t change—murder remains a staple of human life. With this balkanized America as the backdrop, private detective Jerico Drake searches for a missing aide to a U.S. Senator. But the beautiful aide has left several dead bodies in her wake, and has antagonized powerful criminals and lethal lobbying groups. Drake must sort through the human wreckage of evil and corruption to find the aide and keep her safe, and in doing so, also find a degree of grace.