"Smooth Talking" is a short story from the collection Tides from the
New Worlds.
Caribbean-born novelist Tobias Buckell established himself as a gifted
new voice in science fiction with his stunning first novel, Crystal
Rain. Now, in his first collection, Buckell demonstrates his strengths
in the short form, offering readers a collection of stories that are
compelling, smart, wonderfully imagined, and entertaining. Tides from
the New Worlds contains 19 stories that range from multicultural
science fiction to magical realism, some in print for the first time.