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When every version of the most lethal bounty hunter in the universe comes out to play, you get three times the action from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author. He may be retired from the bounty hunting game, but Jefferson Nighthawk is still one of the three most dangerous men alive. The other two? His clones. Trained by Nighthawk himself, Jeff can take down men no one else can. His one flaw is his mind. Jeff can only see in black and white, which leads to him killing an innocent man-and show more shooting another version of himself. That would be Jason Newman, the second clone, the one who gave Nighthawk the peaceful future he's now enjoying. He may have a new face and a new name, but he's Nighthawk through and through, with the brains and humanity to match. Which is how he winds up on the wrong end of Jeff's burner. Now, Jason's in the hospital waiting for his organs to regenerate. To teach the impulsive Jeff a lesson, Nighthawk lures him to a lawless planet where the galaxy's most wanted are there for the taking. And where Jeff will learn how to match wits with both of the killers who came before him... Praise for Mike Resnick "Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative... and above all galactically grand." - Los Angeles Times "Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick." -Orson Scott Card, New York Times -bestselling author of Ender's Game show lessTags
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This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.com by express permission of this reviewer Synopsis: Young Jeff, the Widowmaker cloned to take the Original's place, so he can live in peace, ends up fighting with the second clone, who has taken on the identity of Jason Newman. The Widowmaker realizes he hasn't taught young Jeff all he really needs to know to BE the Widowmaker and sets about to do just that. But of course, there is a new outlaw that forces all 3 of the Widowmakers to team up and in the process young Jeff show more grows up and takes his rightful place as the True Widowmaker. My Thoughts: This was a good ending to the Widowmaker series. It was classic Resnick with some good banter between the Widowmakers as well as Kinoshita (?). In many ways this whole series could be thought of as shallow and trite and just some throw away space opera. And really, you wouldn't be wrong. But Resnick's stories always revolve around ideas that are bigger than life and instead of trying to make those ideas fit into our world, he simply turns those ideas into people and situations that are bigger than life. I find this approach VERY appealing as well as good story telling. The Widowmaker is Justice personified. He is quick, deadly, emotionless and never lets his quarry get away. And through this tetralogy we get to see all sorts of sides to that. Old, bitter experienced Jefferson Nighthawk. Young, inexperienced but super deadly [and ironically, dead] Jefferson. Middle aged, experienced Jason Newman who is sick of it all. Young, experienced and yet teachable Jeff. So many aspects of Justice. Cold and Calculating. Righteous Indignation. Devil may care. It is just a lot of fun to read and it resonates with me. These Widowmaker books, along with his Santiago duology, are the best of Resnick in my opinion. Highly recommended. Rating: 4 of 5 Stars Author: Mike Resnick " show less
This one was a "fun read". As in the previous books in this series, Mike Resnick creates an interesting story with great characters. You can can expect more action as you have three widowmakers in this story along with some fun bad guys.
Recommended for any SF action fans.
4 stars.
Recommended for any SF action fans.
4 stars.
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Mike Resnick was born on March 5, 1942. He sold his first article in 1957, his first short story in 1959, and his first book in 1962. He attended the University of Chicago from1959 through 1961. Resnick began writing stories under various pseudonyms and churned out more than 200 novels, 300 short stories and 2,000 articles, from1964 through1976. show more He edited 7 different tabloid newspapers and a pair of men's magazines, as well. Beginning with Shaggy B.E.M. Stories in 1988, Resnick has also become an anthology editor, and was nominated for a Best Editor Hugo in 1994 and 1995. His list of anthologies in print and in press totals more than 20. Since 1989, he has won four Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, and has been nominated for 19 Hugos, eight Nebulas, a Clarke (British), and five Seiun-shos (Japanese). He has also won 10 Homer Awards, an Alexander Award, a Golden Pagoda Award, the Seiun Award (Japanese), a Hayakawa SF Award (Japanese), a Locus Award, an Ignotus Award (Spanish), a Futura Award (Croatian), the Tour Eiffel Award (French), the Prix Ozone (French), two Sfinks Awards and a Fantastyka Award (both Polish), and has topped the S. F. Chronicle Poll six times and the Asimov's Readers Poll twice. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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