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Victim Prime

Victim Prime

In 2092, the world's ecology is in ruins, drought and famine are widespread and survival is a never-ending challenge. Harold Erdman leaves his dying community with one goal, to make his way to Esmeralda, an island paradise run by the Huntworld Corporation which has turned public murder, among willing competitors, into a thriving and lucrative business. Can he survive the journey and then the many rounds of deadly competition on his way to the Big Payoff. His neighbours' lives, as well as his own, hang in the balance.


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“I’ve never been able to understand that custom.”

“Not all customs have to have a reason.”

Chapter 20 (p. 88)
Victim Prime (1987)

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“It was the sort of atmosphere of good humor which so often accompanies a total absence of good taste.”

Source: Victim Prime (1987), Chapter 48 (pp. 187-188)

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“I’m proposing to pay you five thousand dollars to do something you’ll find quite enjoyable.”

“Make it ten,” Foote said, “and I’ll enjoy it even more.”

Chapter 37 (pp. 151-152)
Victim Prime (1987)

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“Nobody says any longer, When will the killing stop?”

Now we know that the killing will stop only when life itself stops.

Prologue (p. 8)
Victim Prime (1987)

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