The Fool's Run
Kidd has three main occupations: he's a pretty good painter, a serious tarot reader, and a genius with computers. Fortunately, one of them pays the rent. He sells his computer skills to politicians, businessmen, anyone — as long as the price is right and the action isn't so illegal it risks bringing trouble into his carefully ordered life.
Now he is contacted by the billionaire owner of Anshiser Aviation. A corporate spy has stolen plans for a revolutionary targeting system for fighter planes and sold them to rival Whitemark. Anshiser wants Kidd to wreak havoc in the Whitemark computers, to delay them long enough for Anshiser's system to reach the marketplace first. The gamble is greater than Kidd has ever accepted — but then, so is the money.
Kidd likes to work alone: no leaks, no feuds, no double crosses. But this time he's got a team. There's LuEllen, a cat burglar addicted to danger; and Dace, a down-and-out journalist who'll do anything for a story that would revive his career; and sent to monitor their work is Maggie Kahn, Anshiser's beautiful — and ruthless — assistant. They dig in for battle, as Kidd tries to stay one step ahead of Whitemark, the feds, and the two mysterious characters watching him from a green van. One night he does a tarot reading: "I got the Seven of Swords overlaying the Emperor in a crucial position. Later, I knew what it meant. But then it was too late."
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Kidd
Kidd consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
