Hacking Mall

VHS Trash #9

by Brian G. Berry

1991 - San Angeles, California. A crime plague has swept through the city. Three SAPD officers are tasked with restoring order by donning the new Defender 2000 security sleeves. Arden Plaza Mall has been dominated by a warlord named Kane and his army of cutthroats.

As the officers fight through the city toward the mall, they begin to realize the line between the suit and their own humanity is starting to blur. Not everything is as it seems.

Whose side are the Defenders actually on?

261 pages, Paperback

Published December 25, 2024

About the author

a.k.a Brian Berry

Brian G Berry is new to the world of writing. He writes everything from 1980s inspired horror, SCIFI/Action-horror, to the strange. His biggest influences are the writers of the weird including Lovecraft, Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, to the pulp horror authors of the golden age 70s/80s- and a splattering of others. Author of The Pail, A Bloody Christmas, Splatter Fiend Series, Slasherback Series, Campfire Tales Beneath a Pallid Moon, Accursed Ground, Blood Lanes, The Night Mutilator, Thanksgiving Day Massacre, and his newest: SNOW SHARK.

Reviews

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book probably would have been one of my favorites 30+ years ago. Wall to wall gore. Dismemberments abound. Bloodied and bowed. The very thinnest of plot to wade through. For a time there, I felt like I came in in the middle of something. So don't get me wrong, this was good but nowadays I like a little more substance with my random violence.

[Charlie Robson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well, that certainly cleansed my palate after Ghost of Hiroshima, but man what a silly rudderless book. Probably the point however. Never again.

[Thomas Hobbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

For fans of Robocop and Chopping Mall leaves with this delicious treat. Defenders to help cops retake the city from criminals like Kane. This was full of high intensity gore and violence. And strongly suggested to a sequel in final chapter.