<p><strong>He&#39;s in over his head. And the one man he needs to trust the most is the one he&rsquo;s been contracted to kill.</strong><br />
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Manu Juric&#39;s quick wit and knack for creating unexpected explosions has taken him a long way in the hit man business. At least, until he signs on to a job that might just be out of his league: taking out one of Bulari&rsquo;s most notorious crime lords, Willem Jaantzen.<br />
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After the attempt is horribly botched, Jaantzen spares Manu&rsquo;s life in exchange for joining up with his motley crew for one small heist. There&rsquo;s a reason Manu avoids teamwork: it&rsquo;s the worst. And as the increasingly unpredictable job plunges Manu into an ever-tangling web of uneasy dangers and bristly egos, he realizes he&rsquo;s going to need to find some allies &mdash; fast.<br />
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But who do you trust, when everyone&#39;s a criminal?<br />
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NEGATIVE RETURN is part of Jessie Kwak&rsquo;s Durga System series, a fast-paced series of standalone gangster sci-fi novellas set in a far-future world where humans may have left their home planet to populate the stars, but they haven&rsquo;t managed to leave behind their vices. And that&rsquo;s very good for business.</p>