"New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the  
world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin  
Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented:  
the personal computer.

"The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the
forensic accountant--what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money--but for
now he's an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the
invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about
crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.

"When Marty finds himself hired by Silicon Valley PC startup Fidelity Computing
to investigate a group of disgruntled ex-employees who've founded a competitor
startup, he quickly realizes he's on the wrong side. Marty ditches the greasy
old guys running Fidelity Computing without a second thought, utterly infatuated
with the electric atmosphere of Computing Freedom. Located in the heart of the
Mission, this group of brilliant young women found themselves exhausted by the
predatory business practices of Fidelity Computing and set out to beat them at
their own game, making better computers and driving Fidelity Computing out of
business. But this optimistic startup, fueled by young love and California-style
burritos, has no idea the depth of the evil they're seeking to unroot or the
risks they run.

"In this company-eat-company city, Martin and his friends will be lucky to
escape with their lives.


 Picks and Shovels: A Martin Hench Novel | Hardcover

Cory Doctorow

Martin Hench Novels (series)

Tor/Forge | Tor Books

Fiction / Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction / Thrillers - Technological /
Science Fiction - Crime & Mystery

Published Feb 18, 2025


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