MegaCity ML has almost starved itself of energy. Elite agent Matthias Blue has run out of purpose after the death of his best friend knocked him into bottomless booze and low-stim capsules.
But when Blue is hit by lightning, and his mentor is murdered in an attack no one thought possible, something snaps. Hunting those responsible, Blue and his sophisticated android partner, Cromwell, discover that the very institutions designed to protect and serve the MegaCity are complicit and caught in the middle of a desperate plan for a new power source.
Torn between cold vengeance and the future of millions of people, Blue must put on the duster coat one last time.
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Small New Zealand Publisher
Publication date: 01/12/2023
Alkaline Dawn
by Piers Furney
Review by Josh
This book starts with its foot on the gas and doesn’t stop until the ride is over. Brimming with sci-fi goodness, from flying mech droids to Blade Runner-inspired desolate cityscapes, it’s a novel positively packed with interesting ideas and thought provoking characters. Blue and Cromwell are everything a reader could want from an android-human crime fighting duo. They bounce off one another brilliantly as they take you deep into MegaCity ML to uncover the mystery at its core. For Fans of Blade Runner, The Expanse and Infinity Gate.
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