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I've come to count on Michael Smith for imaginative, quite bizarre stories that are well written with an interesting main character. This story is set in the future and is about Jack Randall, an ex-soldier in the war in The Gap. You don't actually find out what this means until the last quarter of the book. After his wife and daughter were murdered, Jack was quietly sent out of New Richmond to a Spares farm, where important people keep their genetic clones handy in case of accidents. You never know when you might lose your leg, or need a new heart. Jack risks the wrath of one of the most powerful companies in the U.S. when he goes on the run with 6-1/2 spares. Desperate, he returns to New Richmond, where he and his family used to live. He makes contacts with old friends and gets into an all-new set of crises, which will eventually lead him back into The Gap. Very good story with sympathetic characters, and a great, realistic ending. Be warned, there are parts with extreme and grotesque violence.