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I'm an anthropologist and writer of adventure thrillers. I set odd and quirky characters down in unusual places, wind them up and watch what they do. Take a look at my Max Donovan adventure series, and tell me what you think. ...more

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System Collapse: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

SecUnit, aka Murderbot, is back, in the seventh installment of Martha Wells’ excellent and intriguing science-fiction series about a sentient security cyborg who has managed to hack his (its?) governing module, and is learning what it’s like to be human.

SecUnit is a complex personality, grumpy much of the time, fairly cynical, depressed on occasion, and quite perceptive. SecUnit is also addicted Read more of this blog post »

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	One Beats the Bush (The Max Donovan Adventures #1) 4.19 avg rating — 838 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Tooth and Nail (The Max Donovan Adventures #2) 4.21 avg rating — 515 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder Mountain 4.28 avg rating — 251 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Serpent's Lair (The Max Donovan Adventures #3) 4.06 avg rating — 249 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BLOOD ON THE SANDS: Action-packed thriller fiction (The Max Donovan adventures Book 4) 4.33 avg rating — 178 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthropology in Practice: Building a Career Outside the Academy 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Development Anthropology: encounters in the real world 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Using Anthropology in the World: A Guide to Becoming an Anthropologist Practitioner 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood on the Sands (Max Donovan #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I read this years ago, and got hooked on Gibson's quirky, very smart view of things. This book is part of the Sprawl series, and although each can be read alone, the oeuvre makes more sense if you read them together. Count Zero and its companions wer ...more
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