No one knew where they came from.  No one knew why.  But mysterious transmissions came through
THE OPHIUCHI
HOTLINE
teaching survival arts to the dispersed peoples of Earth.  Cloning was one of them... Lilo, though, was a criminal, and the Lilos created by Boss Tweed were outlaws from "birth'' their only option to serve him.  One Lilo rebelled and met a fate stranger than death.  Another was caught up in a bizarre emergency that threatened all civilization.  For another, a message came through the Ophiuchi Hotline.  Not instruction or information this time - it seemed to be a phone bill... with no indication of what had to be paid... or to whom....

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