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New Kashubia #1

A Boy And His Tank

Name: A Boy And His Tank
Rating: 3.73 (475 reviews)
Author: Leo Frankowski

Leo Frankowski January 1, 1999

3.73 475 Ratings

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Synopsis

The poorest people in the universe, the inhabitants of New Kashubia live underground in tunnels drilled through a thousand feet of solid gold, but things change when the New Kashubians combine virtual reality with tank warfare to give their warriors a symbiotic relationship with their intelligent tanks. Reprint.

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