Larry Niven & Steven Barnes - Dream Park 02 by The Barsoom Project

Author:The Barsoom Project [Project, The Barsoom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-15T22:52:17.578000+00:00

was there, and two others. A half-dozen security people knew the truth, and three medical personnel. They were all sworn to secrecy. When they showed us the body, we had to make our own choice.”

“Just like that?”

“No, it wasn’t just like that. Mother fell apart. We had to sedate her. But when she was calm, we realized that justice could not be served. If we tried to find the murderer publicly, the whole thing would come out, and the killers would get the disruption they were seeking. So we covered it up, and we all helped, Mr. Griffin.” He paused. “It killed her, you know. She only lasted another year.”

In some corner of his mind Alex tallied up another life, gone for nothing. “How did you manage it?”

“Calvin and I were about the same height. The head of Prosthetics joined the conspiracy. She made me up to look like Calvin. Mother started crying again when she saw how good the job was. Really unbelievable, And then I went to a couple of conferences as Calvin, let myself be seen, and then took that rifle out into the mountains.”

Alex visualized the pieces thus far presented, letting them fall into place, in proper perspective. “You said you couldn’t try to find the murderer publicly. What about privately?”

Tom Izumi smiled mirthlessly. “We went over every possibility, Mr. Griffin, and we came up with only two ways that rifle could have gotten into the Game.”

“I’d like to know. I want to see.”

Izumi paused, and nodded, and said, “All right, come with me.”

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