TDonoval<p>I like that good <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SciFi</span></a> stories don&#39;t get obsolete even if they mention CDs, CD-ROMs and some such old shit. Plus, this is a truly <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/globalised" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>globalised</span></a> story, though it mostly takes place in Finland and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AlandIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlandIslands</span></a>, with all your popular villains mentioned in passing: <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KGB</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mossad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mossad</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Maphiya" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maphiya</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mercs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mercs</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Semtex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Semtex</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OnlineMoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnlineMoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Spetznas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Spetznas</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OffshoreBankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OffshoreBankers</span></a> and many more.</p><p>So happy to have found<br />&quot;The Littlest Jackal&quot; (1996) by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bruces" class="u-url mention">@<span>bruces</span></a></span> .</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LeggyStarlitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeggyStarlitz</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShortStories</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bruces.medium.com/the-littlest-jackal-by-bruce-sterling-1996-388cbc5cac82" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bruces.medium.com/the-littlest</span><span class="invisible">-jackal-by-bruce-sterling-1996-388cbc5cac82</span></a></p>