The Final Evolution

by Jeff Somers

  EXTRAS

  MEET THE AUTHOR

  A PREVIEW OF EQUATIONS OF LIFE

  PROLOGUE: HE REALLY ENJOYS THIS PART

  PART I

  I: VERY HIGH ON THE LADDER

  II: HARD AND NOISY WAS HIS ONLY WAY

  III: YOU JUST HAD TO LET HIM DANCE

  IV: SORRY ABOUT THE BLOOD

  V: LIKE FATHER FUCKING TIME IN THE FLESH

  VI: JUST PLAIN OLD MURDER

  VII: I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO

  PART II

  VIII: MY NEW HOBBY: IGNORING THE SMELL

  IX: THEY SAY SHE IS A FLOATING HELL

  X: IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE GUNS, I’D BE INSULTED

  XI: ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES I’D LIKE TO SHOOT HIM

  XII: MAKES ME WANT TO BE A BETTER PERSON

  XIII: THAT IS… UNFORTUNATE

  PART III

  XIV: YOU GET AROUND

  XV: YOU GOT MY PERMISSION TO SHOOT THE LOT

  XVI: YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC

  XVII: I HEAR I MIGHT ACTUALLY OUTLIVE YOU

  XVIII: WE JUST FIND PEOPLE TO PAY US FOR WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO ANYWAY

  XIX: YER GONNA NEED MORE GUNNERS

  XX: I KILL EVERYBODY

  XXI: THINK OF ME AS AN EXECUTION

  PART IV

  XXII: HERE WE ARE, AND WE ARE SO SPECIAL

  XXIII: EVERYONE WANTED TO HIRE ME ON

  XXIV: IF YOU WERE PAYING ME, I’D TELL YOU THAT COSTS EXTRA

  XXV: OOH, LOOK, AVERY’S TRYING TO THINK

  XXVI: NOT AS MANY PROBLEMS AS BEING TURNED INSIDE OUT BY RADIATION

  XXVII: A MOMENT OF CRAZY

  XXVIII: SOMEONE WAS TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT BEING KNOCKED ONTO THE GROUND

  XXIX: IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A PLEASANT FORTY MINUTES

  XXX: THERE’S A LOT OF WE IN THAT SENTENCE

  XXXI: I WENT FOR SOMETHING MORE EXCITING

  XXXII: THE ONLY THING MISSING IS THE SOUND OF HIM LAUGHING AT ME

  PART V

  XXXIII: SHEER DETERMINATION AND WILLINGNESS TO HURT

  XXXIV: UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE, AND THEN GONE. USUALLY DEAD.

  XXXV: THEY’LL HAVE HIM DANCING AND JUGGLING

  XXXVI: YOUR PROBLEM IS YOU THINK YOU’RE SPECIAL

  XXXVII: RISING TRIUMPHANTLY FROM THE TRASH BIN OF HISTORY

  XXXVIII: EATING MY BRAIN ONE TINY BITE AT A TIME, TUNNELING

  XXXXIX: HAD MET ME BEFORE AND HAD A GRUDGE

  XL: SIT ON THIS ROCK FOREVER NOW PLAYING WITH OUR BONES

  EPILOGUE: I STARED AT THE HEAD. THE HEAD STARED BACK.

  APPENDIX

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  BY JEFF SOMERS

  PRAISE FOR THE AVERY CATES NOVELS

  COPYRIGHT