I mean the physical design of the gun, not the projectile or effect.

  • @jordanlund
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    Spetsdöd.

    I guarantee you’ve never heard of it because it only appears in a series of novels by Steve Perry, the Matador books.

    The gag is, it glues to the back of your hand. The barrel runs along your index finger, and you fire it by pointing your finger and touching the barrel tip with your fingernail.

    It fires microdarts which can have a variety of effects, the #1 use being a drug called “Spasm” which makes every muscle in the body contract involuntarily, leaving the victim tied in a knot for 6 months.

    The original trilogy of books:

    The Man Who Never Missed
    Matadora
    The Machiavelli Interface

    Then solo books after:

    The Albino Knife
    Black Steel
    Brother Death
    Churl

    Prequels:

    Omega Cage
    The 97th Step
    The Musashi Flex

    • @[email protected]OP
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      410 months ago

      I am a Swede, and while I have indeed never heard about the Spetsdöd gun, I can tell you it would translate into something like:

      “Point of death” or “Death point”

      The mechanics sounds similar to the SCP skeleton bow…

    • Curious Canid
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      210 months ago

      I’m a big fan of the Matador series. I was surprised to find that another had been released. “Churl” apparently did not get much fanfare.

      • @jordanlund
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        110 months ago

        Print on demand through Amazon, he doesn’t have a publisher for it. It’s about Dirisha and Geneva’s kid. Oh, yeah, they have a kid now. ;)