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Cyber Knight #1
Vigil: Knight in Cyber Armor: A Havenworld Novel
In a city where criminals rule ... a former soldier rises from the shadows to make a stand.
Jett scrapes out a living in the oppressive city of Neo a crumbling ruin of violence and vice ruled by gangs and crime lords. When a masked vigilante called Vigil dies saving Jett's life, he adopts Vigil's mantle and uses his veteran combat skills to wage a one-man war on the city's criminal elements. Along the way, he'll partner up with a mysterious man named Incognito, and find a reluctant ally in Ronnie, a tough and ambitious police officer. But Vigil's enemies won't go away without a fight, and every one of them wants to be the first to kill the city's new hero.
Knight in Cyber Armor takes the best elements of Batman, mixes it with the tech of Iron Man, and delivers it with a dystopian twist. Pick up your copy today and join the battle!
Jett scrapes out a living in the oppressive city of Neo a crumbling ruin of violence and vice ruled by gangs and crime lords. When a masked vigilante called Vigil dies saving Jett's life, he adopts Vigil's mantle and uses his veteran combat skills to wage a one-man war on the city's criminal elements. Along the way, he'll partner up with a mysterious man named Incognito, and find a reluctant ally in Ronnie, a tough and ambitious police officer. But Vigil's enemies won't go away without a fight, and every one of them wants to be the first to kill the city's new hero.
Knight in Cyber Armor takes the best elements of Batman, mixes it with the tech of Iron Man, and delivers it with a dystopian twist. Pick up your copy today and join the battle!
- GenresScience Fiction
256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2024
About the author
Lewis Knight
51 books14 followersLewis Knight (formerly Bard Constantine) is a self-described neo-pulp author. In his own words:
"My stories are throwbacks to the paperbacks you'd stuff in your back pocket and read on the bus, at the park, or in math class instead of doing your algebra. I write adventure stories. Genre-blended, action-oriented pulp fiction with a kick. People come for the action and stay for the appealing characters. If that's what you're looking for, then I'm your guy."
Lewis currently resides in Birmingham, Al, with his wife. He works full-time in the flour milling industry so you can have bread on your table. His other interests include movies, books, art, photography, and procrastination.
PICK UP YOUR FREE BOOKS AT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.knightvisionbooks.com/fre...
"My stories are throwbacks to the paperbacks you'd stuff in your back pocket and read on the bus, at the park, or in math class instead of doing your algebra. I write adventure stories. Genre-blended, action-oriented pulp fiction with a kick. People come for the action and stay for the appealing characters. If that's what you're looking for, then I'm your guy."
Lewis currently resides in Birmingham, Al, with his wife. He works full-time in the flour milling industry so you can have bread on your table. His other interests include movies, books, art, photography, and procrastination.
PICK UP YOUR FREE BOOKS AT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.knightvisionbooks.com/fre...
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August 16, 2019
So fun
I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t a complicated book but it was interesting and fun and I’d love to see more from this series. I also wanna know more about the Imperial War!
I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t a complicated book but it was interesting and fun and I’d love to see more from this series. I also wanna know more about the Imperial War!
December 6, 2018
Fun action romp, the influences are very obvious but i can't wait to see how this develops
December 7, 2018
I enjoyed this book very much~
This is a very good and quick read, I liked the tech and the characters and look forward to reading the following books in this series.
This is a very good and quick read, I liked the tech and the characters and look forward to reading the following books in this series.
January 27, 2022
In Neo York 300 hundred years from now, snash flakes drift through the neon lights, dusting the thousands-feet high shipping container apartments in ash, their haphazard stacks a poor mimic of the old skyscrapers from centuries ago. Thanks to the masked vigilante who calls himself Vigil, the streets below are no longer safe for criminals.
The story of how Vigil went from soldier to superhero starts with a kick in the teeth and barely slows down when the psionic energy from the Cataclysm leads to the end of the world as Jett Wolfe knows it. The Hellrazor soldier loses his entire team during the event, and he’s preserved in a cryochamber until the world presumably recovers from the catastrophe. When Jett awakens three hundred years later, he stumbles into a new society split in two. Haven Core is a closed-off dome for the elites and all others scrape a living on the outside where crime lords and gangs rule largely unchecked.
When Jett takes a stand against some street punks, a dying vigilante hands over his mantle a la Dread Pirate Roberts. Jett becomes Vigil, a hero who fights for the innocent and confronts the many crime syndicates throughout the city. He comes with lots of gadgets and futuristic tech, kind of like another dark knight most people are familiar with. The author nods to that hero by naming the original Vigil Wayne Thomas. But Jett is not a millionaire, he’s a sewer worker who can’t turn a blind eye to the evil around him. Soon he’s teaming up with Vigil’s former sidekick and a wealthy, tech-savvy benefactor. He inspires a like-minded detective who can’t quite decide whether Vigil is the best thing that’s happened to Neo York or the worst, and he inadvertently recruits a street-smart kid after rescuing her and her sister from a den of Beasts.
To avoid too many spoilers, I’ll sum up by saying this sinister, gritty future is like an amalgamation of Batman, Luke Cage, and The Punisher with a sprinkling of The Matrix. The breakneck pacing in the novel makes it impossible to put down. The villains are cleverly named and effectively characterized, given plausible motivations for their evil deeds. I read both Book One and Two in the Cyber Knight Saga in less than a week. Highly anticipating Book Three.
The story of how Vigil went from soldier to superhero starts with a kick in the teeth and barely slows down when the psionic energy from the Cataclysm leads to the end of the world as Jett Wolfe knows it. The Hellrazor soldier loses his entire team during the event, and he’s preserved in a cryochamber until the world presumably recovers from the catastrophe. When Jett awakens three hundred years later, he stumbles into a new society split in two. Haven Core is a closed-off dome for the elites and all others scrape a living on the outside where crime lords and gangs rule largely unchecked.
When Jett takes a stand against some street punks, a dying vigilante hands over his mantle a la Dread Pirate Roberts. Jett becomes Vigil, a hero who fights for the innocent and confronts the many crime syndicates throughout the city. He comes with lots of gadgets and futuristic tech, kind of like another dark knight most people are familiar with. The author nods to that hero by naming the original Vigil Wayne Thomas. But Jett is not a millionaire, he’s a sewer worker who can’t turn a blind eye to the evil around him. Soon he’s teaming up with Vigil’s former sidekick and a wealthy, tech-savvy benefactor. He inspires a like-minded detective who can’t quite decide whether Vigil is the best thing that’s happened to Neo York or the worst, and he inadvertently recruits a street-smart kid after rescuing her and her sister from a den of Beasts.
To avoid too many spoilers, I’ll sum up by saying this sinister, gritty future is like an amalgamation of Batman, Luke Cage, and The Punisher with a sprinkling of The Matrix. The breakneck pacing in the novel makes it impossible to put down. The villains are cleverly named and effectively characterized, given plausible motivations for their evil deeds. I read both Book One and Two in the Cyber Knight Saga in less than a week. Highly anticipating Book Three.
September 12, 2023
The authors biography hits the nail of his writing style on the head. This is not a deep complex story, but instead a fast paced action ride from start to finish. If you're in the mood for a futuristic cyberpunk setting full of superhero action, this is a great book to pick up.
I enjoy the universe of Havenworld so far and look forward to diving into more stories in it. His Instagram is full of concept art that helps further paint the picture of the crime ridden cities, as well as giving additional lore into the gangs that plague it. Link below if you feel like checking it out.
https://www.instagram.com/lewis___kni...
I enjoy the universe of Havenworld so far and look forward to diving into more stories in it. His Instagram is full of concept art that helps further paint the picture of the crime ridden cities, as well as giving additional lore into the gangs that plague it. Link below if you feel like checking it out.
https://www.instagram.com/lewis___kni...
July 6, 2019
Fantastic read! Looking forward to the next entry!
March 20, 2024
Movie Quality!
Loved the past & future concept of coming together dealing with the past to have a future! Our hero accepted a role he was not expecting or really wanted but he needed! Love that this is a black man as super hero and a black woman as an agent!! Would love more black women and men in the books! It’s no fun if is just one! Great story!
Loved the past & future concept of coming together dealing with the past to have a future! Our hero accepted a role he was not expecting or really wanted but he needed! Love that this is a black man as super hero and a black woman as an agent!! Would love more black women and men in the books! It’s no fun if is just one! Great story!
September 8, 2021
Definite Batman vibes!
As the headline suggests, there are definite Batman vibes. A vigilante with high-tech armor looking after his home, only it’s in a Cyberpunk dystopia. That’s what makes it more awesome. Each chapter is making you want more, as a good story should. The only reason it doesn’t get five stars is because it needs editing. Other than that, I enjoyed it!
As the headline suggests, there are definite Batman vibes. A vigilante with high-tech armor looking after his home, only it’s in a Cyberpunk dystopia. That’s what makes it more awesome. Each chapter is making you want more, as a good story should. The only reason it doesn’t get five stars is because it needs editing. Other than that, I enjoyed it!
September 26, 2020
Excellent read
I highly recommend reading this book. This book is kind of like Batman with a futuristic twist but not so much dark routing. The man learns of all grows in the story is great.
I highly recommend reading this book. This book is kind of like Batman with a futuristic twist but not so much dark routing. The man learns of all grows in the story is great.
August 4, 2022
An excellent story,
An excellent read, kept me wondering what the hero who do next,
Cannot wait to start book two,
Really refreshing to read a new way through a book that hasn't
been done to death.
An excellent read, kept me wondering what the hero who do next,
Cannot wait to start book two,
Really refreshing to read a new way through a book that hasn't
been done to death.
May 31, 2024
A worthy read
Really enjoyed this book. Well worth the read. I think that anyone who enjoys a good yarn will get deep into it. You will of course want more and there is plenty to keep you going
Really enjoyed this book. Well worth the read. I think that anyone who enjoys a good yarn will get deep into it. You will of course want more and there is plenty to keep you going
August 17, 2022
Superhero origin story, many a dark twist! Death and destruction in this future dystopia. Free from Amazon July 2022.
September 2, 2022
Wow...what an amazing book.
Characters, tech, world building....all amazing.
Can't wait for book 2
Characters, tech, world building....all amazing.
Can't wait for book 2
April 2, 2023
DRSlater
I found captivated with a suspenseful chemistry drawing me into the storyline. Cyber Knight saga was a great change in my library.
I found captivated with a suspenseful chemistry drawing me into the storyline. Cyber Knight saga was a great change in my library.
December 11, 2023
GREAT FIRST IN A SERIES!
I highly recommend this to anyone who loves Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Superheroes, and/or Pulp genre fiction! Lewis Knight is the TRUTH!
I highly recommend this to anyone who loves Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Superheroes, and/or Pulp genre fiction! Lewis Knight is the TRUTH!
October 27, 2024
Lots of fun with plenty of clever touches. An easy read with clear inspirations. An entertaining ride!
January 11, 2020
Popcorn trope
My interest in this book rescinded with each advancing chapter. It started awesome and had great action throughout, but I've read the story before. It was a clone of The Dark Knight Returns. Anything different from that story was just another popular trope. If you like reading the same story with different character names, you'll probably like this book. Many readers want the same plot over and over. They find comfort in their guilty pleasures. Good for them. I want something new.
The other problem is this book sells itself as gritty and dark but instantly wraps its characters in durable plot armor. I hate plot armor! If you want a cheerful comic story, write one. Don't pretend to have grimdark because there are prostitutes and drug use on the outskirts. I wish as much focus to battle scenes had been given to character development. Not a single character has an arc. They play their stock roles and reach The End. So have I.
My interest in this book rescinded with each advancing chapter. It started awesome and had great action throughout, but I've read the story before. It was a clone of The Dark Knight Returns. Anything different from that story was just another popular trope. If you like reading the same story with different character names, you'll probably like this book. Many readers want the same plot over and over. They find comfort in their guilty pleasures. Good for them. I want something new.
The other problem is this book sells itself as gritty and dark but instantly wraps its characters in durable plot armor. I hate plot armor! If you want a cheerful comic story, write one. Don't pretend to have grimdark because there are prostitutes and drug use on the outskirts. I wish as much focus to battle scenes had been given to character development. Not a single character has an arc. They play their stock roles and reach The End. So have I.
January 31, 2023
Pure pulp fiction, a page turner but not much substance. The writing is fine, nothing exceptional and no depth to speak of, and certainly no nuance either! The Good Guys are Good, the Baddies and suitably bad, except when Our Hero talks them out of it, rather improbably. All the right people survive and are ready for the next in the series. Which I doubt I'll read. All that said, the author does create an interesting post apocalyptic world.
May 1, 2025
Not my cup of tea
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