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Into the fray steps las vegas water knife angel velasquez. Angel velasquez is a water knife, a sort of mercenary factotum, whose job is to secure as much water as possible for his las vegas boss, arcology developer catherine case. The water knife is the dark, actionpacked story of a hired gun getting tangled up with a scrappy young girl and a semiidealistic journalist in the catastrophically waterstarved american. Readers will learn how to construct targets, the basic stance and knife and tomahawk grips, and the mechanics of throwing knives and tomahawks. The water knife kindle edition by bacigalupi, paolo. Detective, assassin, and spy, angel velasquez cuts water for the southern nevada water authority, ensuring that its lush arcology developments can bloom in las vegas. A las vegas water knife, angel cuts water for his boss, catherine case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can. Nevada and arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the colorado river, while california watches, deciding if it should just take the whole. Detective, assassin and spy, angel cuts water for the southern nevada water.
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