TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Ginger TI - The Rush's edge SN - 9780857668646 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Angry Robot KW - Genetic engineering KW - Fiction KW - Soldiers KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Imaginary wars and battles KW - Science fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "An Angry Robot paperback original."--Title page verso; Includes an excerpt from The light years by R.W.W. Greene N2 - Halvor Cullen, a genetically-engineered and technology implanted ex-soldier, doesn't see himself as a hero. After getting out of the service, all he's interested in is chasing the adrenaline rush his body was designed to crave. Hal knows he won't live long anyway; vat soldiers like him are designed to die early or will be burnt out from relentlessly seeking the rush. His best friend and former CO, Tyce, is determined not to let that happen and distracts him by work salvaging crashed ships in the Edge. On a job, the crew finds a sphere that downloads an alien presence into their ship. Multiple clashes with the military force Hal and his crew to choose sides. The battle they fight will determine the fate of vats and natural-borns throughout the galaxy. Will they join the movement against the Coalition? What has invaded their ship's computer? ER -