“The construction of Mental Rehabilitation Facility Alpha now began. Due to the materials used it soon became known as THE COPPER CASCADE.”
Reflections
Are they evil? Or just trying to help? It may be too early to tell...
Dark Deliverance and his band of subversive superheroes are seeking vengeance on a hateful world bathed in endless night. From destroying property in the cyberpunk city to their run-ins with the wolf-splice detective Kurt Lobo, one thing is for sure...
The Copper Cascade mental facility may not be able to hold them!
With extracts pulled together from the previously published books of Kneel Downe’s VirulentBlurb Universe, this is the first in a series of Virulent ChapBooks which introduces readers to the characters and concepts of Kneel’s universe in a cheap and easy to read format.
Collect all four ChapBooks and catch the VirulentBlurb – it’s infectious.
Kneel was born in 1967 and raised in the middle of countryside and silence where he immersed himself in books and fantasy.
After trying several writing styles, Kneel began tweeting short fragments of fiction. A meeting with his idol, Jeff Noon, made Kneel realise that these short bursts could make up a whole universe of fiction, and so the VirulentBlurb projects began.
First there was the website VirulentBlurb.com, , introducing the world to the characters and technology of the VirulentBlurb, the Spillane-esque wolf-splice police detective, Kurt Lobo, the enigmatic Amelia and the superhero inmates of the Copper Cascades asylum.
Then VIRULENTBLURB FRACTURES the debut book of those first imagery filled tweets, case files from Kurt Lobo and transcripts from the Cascades.
In a shift of style, and with artistic partner Susan Omand, he produced the mythical, beautiful Amelia's Song.
Many, many more books and other media projects are planned as the strands of the universe overlap and come together in new and unexpected ways. The most recent book VIRULENTBLURB REFLECTIONS documents the time before the sun went out,the rise and fall of Joshua Knight and the explosion that broke the sky.
VirulentBlurb is an ongoing project with new strands of fiction evolving all the time on various Twitter feeds.
I thought this was pure stand alone but it appears there are others set in this world. I thought it was interesting but i learned more from reading the summary here than when i bought it on audible and finished it. Not sure if i want more or not, my interest was mildly piqued though.