In the distant future, an annual tournament pits every American against one another. Sports and traditional games and contests of knowledge help determine who is the greatest living person, and this is the year when a long shot rises from obscurity. Avery Masters is having the Tournament of his life, and what will it take to stop him?
"This is who I am:
I'm that jerk at the party who knows everything about Byzantium, the chemistry of phosphorus, dog breeding, homosexual Presidents, and the fate of the Universe.
I'm the guy taken third for a pick-up game of basketball, then sinks ten circus shots in a row, winning the game for his team as well as winning the hotdog reputation.
I'm a tower of confidence, admired by some, envied by most, and generally perceived as being distant. Remote. Cold to the brink of glacial. (Although that's far from fair. I have a lot to think about, and distractions are the enemy.)
I'm a mortal -- prince, stable boy or whomever -- who must might have once been touched by the gods."
Robert Reed is the author of many stories and a few novels. Reed won a Hugo Award for his novella, "A Billion Eves."
Genre: Science Fiction
"This is who I am:
I'm that jerk at the party who knows everything about Byzantium, the chemistry of phosphorus, dog breeding, homosexual Presidents, and the fate of the Universe.
I'm the guy taken third for a pick-up game of basketball, then sinks ten circus shots in a row, winning the game for his team as well as winning the hotdog reputation.
I'm a tower of confidence, admired by some, envied by most, and generally perceived as being distant. Remote. Cold to the brink of glacial. (Although that's far from fair. I have a lot to think about, and distractions are the enemy.)
I'm a mortal -- prince, stable boy or whomever -- who must might have once been touched by the gods."
Robert Reed is the author of many stories and a few novels. Reed won a Hugo Award for his novella, "A Billion Eves."
Genre: Science Fiction
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