In terms of fictional literary duos, I'd be hard pressed to pick favourites between Hap and Leonard and darger and Surplus. A more dissimilar pair it would be hard to find, whether it be their personalities or their genre, the hard-boiled crime duo I've known for longer and have a larger canon, but the science fiction adventurers make quite an impression, as does their eternally strange world filled with novelty and danger, not to mention opportunity.

This is a collection of all the current stories, from their first fiery meeting to a series of four linked flash fictions, following their wayward course through the world left after the fall of the technological utopia, where the biological sciences are now ascendant, with weird, wonderful and occasionally horrifying results. Darger and Surplus are con men ever in search of the next score, and unwitting catalysts of chaos and change.  Their stories are delightful and thrilling and incredibly clever. This is a delighful and rewarding volume of sheer entertainment.