When he wasn't 'retiring' them with his laser weapon,he dreamed of owning a live animal -- the ultimate status symbol in aworld all but bereft of animal life. Then Rick got his chance: theassignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But inDeckard's world things were never that simple, and his assignment quickly turned into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit -- and the threat of death for the hunter rather than the hunted . . .