# Joseph Salviati-Prantera — Short Fiction character guide

> Joseph Salviati-Prantera in Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Joe Prantera, Salviati, Mr. Prantera

**First appearance:** 0010-happy-ending

## Who they are

A businessman and political player in the interstellar setting.

## In the story

### [Gun for Hire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/gun-for-hire)

Professional assassin transported from his own era to the future; recruited to kill a dangerous figure.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v)

Baron Haer, the head of the Haer family, grants Joe Mauser his pledge and cuts short the family argument.

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