Rifters 3 - Behemoth

by Peter Watts

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  Table of Contents

  ß-Prelude: 'lawbreaker

  ß-Max

  Counterstrike

  The Shiva Iterations

  Outgroup

  Huddle

  Zombie

  Portrait of the Sadist as a Young Boy

  Confidence Limits

  Cavalry

  Nemesis

  Portrait of the Sadist as an Adolescent

  Bedside Manor

  Boilerplate

  Portrait of the Sadist as a Young Man

  Fire Drill

  Family Values

  Portrait of the Sadist as a Free Man

  Confessional

  Conscript

  Portrait of the Sadist as a Team Player

  Automechanica

  Gravediggers

  Striptease

  Frontier

  Groundwork

  Harpodon

  The Bloodhound Iterations

  Without Sin

  Baptism

  Tag

  Fulcrum

  Incoming

  Seppuku

  Dune

  Nightingale

  Condom

  Gehenna

  The Trigonometry of Salvation

  Migration

  Karma

  DisArmor

  Stargazer

  Sleeper

  Parsimony

  Corral

  Turncoat

  Crash

  The Skill of the Chase

  Remedial Ed

  Decirculate

  Paranoid

  Matryoska

  Basement Wiring

  Splice

  The Hamilton Iterations

  Toggle

  Fleas

  Firebreathers

  In Kind

  Expiration Date

  Bastille

  Empath

  Epilog: Singular Hessian

  Acknowledgements

  Notes and references