The Silicon Dagger

By Jack Williamson

Book Overview

Investigating the murder of his brother, Clay Barstow becomes the target of a conspiracy revolving around a powerful new technology called "the silicon dagger." Framed for murder and on the run from the local militia, Clay desperately seeks his brother's killers and the secrets of the silicon dagger, which is key to a Kentucky county's attempts to secede from the United States.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812540425
• ISBN13: 9780812540420
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 1.0" x 3.8"

Customer Reviews

A great Libertarian novel

At first I thought the author was trying to cash in on the antigovernment movements (maybe have it sold by that publisher that advertises in Soldier of Fortune), but then I kept reading. Rather than being another "one man saves the world" or propaganda for militias, this is a work that promotes freedom and responsibility in a believable way. It may use science fiction in a rather limited way but it shows the need for humanity and Constitutional law even in a libertarian paradise.