Kora Zekk, protagonist of Rachel Harrison’s Necromunda short story Dirty Dealings, is a sharp, tough, hard-nosed hustler. She’s also not what she claims to be. Written in a noirish first person, full of cynical observations on life in the underhive and deadpan immodesty, she talks us through the stages of a meticulously planned con, starting with selling exotic weaponry to a gang of Orlocks but leading up to something much bigger. It’s Kora against the world, but you get the sense she’s more than capable of taking on the challenge.
