Ambition
The Man Who Used The Universe
By Alan Dean Foster

2 Jan, 2025
Big Hair, Big Guns!
Alan Dean Foster’s 1983 The Man Who Used the Universe is a stand-alone science fiction novel.
Kees vaan Loo-Macklin, impoverished resident of industrial planet Evenwraith, joins a criminal gang because that seems to the coldly logical young man his best chance to survive long enough to pursue better goals. His boss. Lal, is suspicious of the new recruit, who doesn’t seem to have any personal vices. Anything Lal can’t understand could be a threat. Lal knows how to handle threats.
Lal orders Loo-Macklin to carry out a contract killing. The target has been previously attacked and has defeated all attackers. Loo-Macklin may be being sent to his death. But if he survives… Lal has arranged for a very special reward.