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Gamma Coin: BASTION/Blackstone II
Psychologist, hypnotist, con man, liar... mindbreaker.
The American government has invested a lot into the techniques and tricks of psychological manipulation, both on other people and on the self. Only the most loyal soldiers are eligible for the program, but one of them passed on the knowledge to his son.Just weeks before the draft, Kyte finds himself on the run, wanted for murder. One step away from a rogue mindbreaker, he is forced into a desperate plan to insert himself into a gang powerful enough, and connected enough, to smuggle him out of the city and out from under EVE's surveillance. He just has to pull off everything his father ever taught him and do it fast.Detective Blackstone is tasked with bringing him to justice, it was a Congressman's son that was attacked after all. He just has to do it before the big guns get sent in to clean house.
The American government has invested a lot into the techniques and tricks of psychological manipulation, both on other people and on the self. Only the most loyal soldiers are eligible for the program, but one of them passed on the knowledge to his son.Just weeks before the draft, Kyte finds himself on the run, wanted for murder. One step away from a rogue mindbreaker, he is forced into a desperate plan to insert himself into a gang powerful enough, and connected enough, to smuggle him out of the city and out from under EVE's surveillance. He just has to pull off everything his father ever taught him and do it fast.Detective Blackstone is tasked with bringing him to justice, it was a Congressman's son that was attacked after all. He just has to do it before the big guns get sent in to clean house.
306 pages, Paperback
Published August 14, 2023
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April 2, 2024
As Eliot Blackstone seeks a fugitive teen wanted for assault, he winds up tangling with the violent gangs operating an alternative economy deep in the lowest reaches of Bastion.
Along the way, we get some fascinating glimpses of the larger world outside the vast city, as well as learning more about the protagonist as man. For a quick read, it's surprisingly complex, almost to the detriment of some the other plot lines, each of which could carry its own novel. Perhaps they are hints of more to come??
In any case, I did appreciate how the main focus of the story switches between the fleeing teen and the sympathetic but driven law enforcer who is hunting him. Motivations all around were believable; the solid prose and relatable characters make this installment in the series as entertaining as the first.
Along the way, we get some fascinating glimpses of the larger world outside the vast city, as well as learning more about the protagonist as man. For a quick read, it's surprisingly complex, almost to the detriment of some the other plot lines, each of which could carry its own novel. Perhaps they are hints of more to come??
In any case, I did appreciate how the main focus of the story switches between the fleeing teen and the sympathetic but driven law enforcer who is hunting him. Motivations all around were believable; the solid prose and relatable characters make this installment in the series as entertaining as the first.
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