Baker's Dozens

In the far reaches of a colonized galaxy, Baker operates as something between a savior and a ghost. He's the man who robs the exploitative companies that strip-mine alien worlds, the shadow who redistributes their ill-gotten gains back to the indigenous peoples they victimize. But Baker wears many faces, and the question that haunts him is no longer which identity is real but whether redemption is possible for a man who's made violence his only language. When his latest intervention draws the attention of powers far beyond his ability to fight, Baker must confront not just enemies, but the fundamental contradiction at his core: can you fight injustice without becoming it? This 1950s gem from Jim Harmon pulses with the era's finest SF virtues: muscular prose, bold ideas, and a protagonist who understands that heroism and horror often wear the same mask. For readers who want their space adventures with teeth, who prefer their antiheroes complicated and their justice systems grey rather than black and white.