Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories - Softcover

Ryan, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1527221873 ISBN 13: 9781527221871

Publisher: Andrew McNamara, 2018

Synopsis

Gangs, killers, and vampires. One war-torn detective is the only hope of survival for a crime-ridden orbiting city...

Blade Runner meets Se7en in this gritty five-story collection from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Anthony Ryan.

Alex McLeod paid dearly during the war for independence from Earth. It left the detective disfigured, jaded, and alone. In the aftermath of victory, Alex seethes as criminal factions and cold-blooded killers clash over control of the newly-liberated confederation. In his crusade for justice in the free states, he's willing to break more than a few rules along the way...

The only home Alex knows is the slums of Slab, an orbiting city teeming with lowlifes, back-stabbers, and gene-spliced monstrosities. From the grimy streets of his city to the lawless Asteroid Belt, Alex goes toe-to-toe with a sharp-clawed vigilante, a mythical serial killer, and a gorgeous vampire with an ominous message. His quest won't end until his homeland earns the freedom it was promised...

But even Alex may not be able to stop the impending Reckoning and a voyage to the one place he swore he'd never return: Earth...

Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories contains four exciting novellas and one sensational novel set in a world of hard-boiled sci-fi and cyberpunk. If you like hard-nosed detectives, futuristic planets, and pulse-pounding action, then you'll love Anthony Ryan's world of vampires, werewolves, and space.

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Review

'Slab City Blues manages to bring the world of the strange into Sci-Fi that I can not help but love. Anthony Ryan has filled his universe with an array of larger than life characters and at the centre is Alex Mcleod. An ex-military man now earning a living on the orbital space station The Slab. The five stories (one novel and 4 Novellas) see Alex chasing leads and calling in favors however he is a formidable force and his "Demon" status is more than earned by the end of the book.' - Backwards Compatible Podcast.

'The pacing is relentless. Every single scene has a point and it moved damn fast. I. Loved. It! It's hard to put down. There's a tone to Ryan's writing that I enjoy immensely, a rhythm if you will. So overall, if you love sci-fi or are looking to dip a toe in the genre, I highly recommend this book.' - Book Blogger L. K. Evans.

About this edition

• Publisher: Andrew McNamara
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1527221873
• ISBN 13: 9781527221871
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 432