The Thirteen Bracelets Author:Robert Lory It wasn't easy for Hari Denver to be an agent for the United States of America -- that is, the states that remained in 1989. Even if he could change his appearance at will to nearly any human form. the country was at the lowest point in its history: New York and Washington were almost complete ruins, petty gangs and warlords controlled large... more » areas of New Jersey and Connecticut, the west was know as "The Wasteland," the south was separated into White and Black Dixie... and 13 golden bracelets (slavegirls attached) were stolen from the visiting Mudir of Chad.« less