When Technology Is Hard To Come By, It Helps If Yours Is Built In. Saddle up for a wild ride through the alien world of Blanken 9 in this electrifying fusion of Sci-Fi and Western! Zestrum Doniphon is a good man with a bad reputation. A job offer from Claude Etcheverry, a wealthy rancher who has amassed a private army of cyborgs to monopolize Copperbank's water supply, pulls Doniphon into a budding range war. Sheriff Mitch Bodie, a figurehead of law in a town bending under Etcheverry's will, realizes Doniphon might be able to tip the balance of law in the right direction. Bodie also enlists Louisiana, a quick-draw gambler with a heart of gold and circuits of steel who has a score to settle with Etcheverry's son and won't let him escape justice. In helping his old friend Bodie, Doniphon finds himself ensnared in a conflict that threatens to destroy the prospects of the "New Earth" planet he helped terraform. Rio Cyborg delivers a perfect blend of shoot-outs and metal cowboys, combining the gritty charm of classic Westerns with the boundless imagination of science fiction. Fans of Firefly , Star Wars , and Star Trek will feel right at home in this action-packed adventure that explores what it means to be human in a universe where the lines between man and machine blur.

In the Badlands, water is the winning hand and Zestrum Doniphon just may be the man who can stack the deck.