Red Dust is a sharp and witty science-fiction novel that pays homage to Raymond Chandler. The story follows Raymond, a positronic robot detective who works for the android police and navigates between the worlds of humans and aliens. When he is tasked with capturing a fugitive Cetian perp with psi powers, Raymond must use all his training and study of Chandler's hardbitten cops to meet his match. Yoss creates a richly imagined universe where the bad guys are above the laws of physics, making this a science-fiction adventure that is both familiar and strange.