The second story in this collection is Stochasti-city: Novella by Tobias S. Buckell. Totally different vibe, late/post-capitalism Detroit, following a down and out vet in a city where mercenaries have replaced police, corporations wield considerable power and the equivalent of critical mass bike activism turned into asymmetrical warfare.

Every time I read it I think, this is like a fantasy of struggle written by someone who has done the research but lacks the social connections to green/left/anarchist organizing to create a story that feels like the logical leap from our current context into struggle as things get worse and further polarized (read:class). Really fun all the same, you can get caught up imagining the world's behind the characters and communities you meet and leaves me wanting to know more about this world. Probably the story that was most influence or more parallels Robert Evans toe dipping into fiction.