24.4
Washed up, looked down upon, and hated by the purists – Kobo used to be in the spotlight, and now he spends his time finding the next big star for the baseball leagues of the future. His cybernetic upgrades are a former hot idea as bioware takes over upgrading athletes. Rebuilding your body is a constant process as humanity strives to make itself perfect and sportsball competitors hone their abilities to ultrafine expectations. When his adopted brother dies under mysterious circumstances, Kobo sets aside the day job and goes hunting for the killer instead of prospects. No one seems to know why or how JJ Zunz died on the field that day, and he’s not getting a lot of help. In fact, if it’s not the mysterious musclebound Coppelius from a shady government agency chasing the same leads, then it’s the twin enforcers providing bodily harm to ensure Kobo pays back the debt on his own modifications. Somewhere in the gritty world of New York, is the killer, but can Kobo find them before the World Series is over?
