{"product_id":"2940012854872","title":"Crime Tech","description":"Crime Tech is a collection of New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s short stories which weave together technology and crime, often in unconventional ways. The stories in the collection are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKid Binary and the Two-Bit Gang: A tale of highwaymen plying their trade in the virtual worlds of the information superhighway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s The Thought That Counts: A previously uncollected, tongue-in-cheek story about a telepath who’s a mediocre detective trying to solve a murder involving a woman who proves quite a distraction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Real Christmas: A noir tale for the holidays in which a depressed private eye postpones suicide for one last case for the Man of the North Pole himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntelligent Design: A quick tale that lets us know what our dogs actually think of us and why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTip-off: It’s the NBA playoffs and a white supremist gang has let the star of the Phoenix Suns know they’ve bet a lot of money on him to win. He talks their enemy, Killian Sloan, into dealing with them as a favor for a friend, in a story of double and triple crosses where the outcome is anything but a slam dunk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories, some of which have not been offered in digital form before, would cost $10 if sold separately, but collected here are selling for $2.99.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonus: The author had added an essay talking about each of the stories, their origins and inspirations, and plans for these characters in the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive different stories, a sampler to introduce you to Michael A. Stackpole’s imagination and legion of characters.","brand":"Stormwolf.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182031192304,"sku":"2940012854872","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012854872_p0.jpg?v=1763573099","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012854872","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}