“But you got nothing on surviving clones?”
“Zip,” said Devi. “But I think clONE is right and they do exist. Or did exist anyway.”
“Why so?”
“You must know Grendel's reputation. Used to experiment on himself. Cloned himself repeatedly to test out his devices. Mostly it didn't work, in the early days. Later, he had more success.”
“But even if those early clones survived they're going to be dead by now.”
“Sure. But there may be second or third generation copies still around.”
“Why would there be?”
“I don't know, Simms. You want me to do your damn job for you? But I found out something else, too. There's not much in the public domain about Grendel. I don't even know what he looked like. His research was extremely controversial and he went to great pains to stay in the shadows. But there
