The rules of the game are lengthy, detailed, and often obscure or nonsensical, but the players are instructed to follow them to the letter. There is a catch, however: a certain amount of cheating is not only tolerated, but accepted; not only accepted, but required. No one knows how much cheating is needed to win, and how much additional cheating condemns one to not being liked, not being promoted.
This game is often simply called “business.”
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Terence Kuch’s speculative fiction novels * may be purchased directly from the publishers or via his Amazon author page, www.amazon.com/author/terencekuch
*The Seventh Effect: a thriller from Melange Publications about a new kind of bioterrorist plot against the USA; praised by Kirkus Reviews.
*See/Saw: a literary adventure from Ink Smith Publications about implanting memories, and a murder.
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Mr. King: I retained subsidiary rights to my two novels (from two different publishers), so I can license your firm to make and sell an audio version of either or both. I would expect a token advance and some reasonable royalty agreement. Thank you for your interest in my work.
– TK
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Terence Kuch