Hardwired
The Hardwired Series: Book #1
- By: Walter Jon Williams & Skyboat Road Company
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Description
In Walter Jon Williams’ classic cyberpunk novel, the remnants of a war-ravaged America endure in scattered, heavily armed colonies, while the wealthy Orbital Corporations now control the world. Cowboy, an ex–fighter pilot who has become “hardwired” via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware, is now a panzerboy, a hi-tech smuggler riding armored hovertanks through the balkanized countryside. He teams up with Sarah, an equally cyborized gun-for-hire, to make a last stab at independence from the rapacious Orbitals. Together, they gather an unlikely gang of misfits for a ride that will take them to the edge of the atmosphere.
This action-packed adventure is a must-read for science fiction fans everywhere.
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The Hardwired Series Series

Hardwired
By: Walter Jon Williams & Skyboat Road Company
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In Walter Jon Williams’ classic cyberpunk novel, the remnants of a war-ravaged America endure in scattered, heavily armed colonies, while the wealthy Orbital Corporations now control the world. Cowboy, an ex–fighter pilot who has become “hardwired” via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware, is now a panzerboy, a hi-tech... Read more »
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Voice of the Whirlwind
By: Walter Jon Williams
Narrated by: Don Leslie
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
This second installment in a classic cyberpunk series is a fast-paced ride through a gritty, well-imagined world.
Steward is a clone, a beta. His memories are fifteen years old because his alpha never had a brain-scan update. And in those fifteen years, the entire world has changed. An alien race known as the Powers has established relations with... Read more »
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