Specter Protocol

Cyber Witch: 2082 #2

by Eddie R. Hicks

Estrella and Ray have a new job. Search the rain-drenched neon-lit streets of Los Angeles for proof of corporate corruption. Maybe hack a few computers.

And don’t get shot by assassins.

Somewhere in the back alleys, seedy nightclubs, below the densely packed apartments, lays proof the Yoshida Corporation played a role in the rise of a violent warlock gang.

The plan was simple, hit the gang, hard. Find proof. And maybe rescue the kidnapped witches whose been missing for over a month.

And if it wasn’t for mysterious assassins showing up, they might have done that sooner.

The assassins call themselves the Specters. You can’t see them. You can’t hear them. And you have no idea where they are.

Until they pull the trigger.

Rumor has it they’re enhanced by cyberware too, but nobody knows for certain. Because nobody’s ever seen one.

How do you stop invisible assassins? That’s a question Estrella and Ray need to answer soon. Otherwise, it’s going to be a major pain for them to expose corporate corruption with bullets in their heads.

And that’s assuming they don’t get their throats slit first.

556 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 25, 2020

About the author

Eddie R. Hicks is a Canadian science fiction author of the Splintered Galaxy series. Although he enjoys his work in the culinary arts industry over the last few years, his true passion since he was a very young age has always been story telling.

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Reviews

[The Mysterious Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just rewatched the movie Alita (near perfect in my opinion, except for the near cliffhanger of an ending, even though not totally true to the source material) and then read Eddie R. Hicks’ Cyber Witch, the first book in his new Cyber Witch: 2082 series. This was like Alita on steroids with magic and cyberpunk. Oh. Dear. Lord. Freakin’ fantastic. I am totally hooked on the lead here, Estrella Rodriguez, a cyborg witch who (among other things) controls a horde of nanites to bend the world (including those pesky laws of physics) to her will. This is fantastic stuff, folks, a perfect cyberpunk world with huge global spanning corporations, warlocks, witches, cyborgs, hackers, corruption, plots and conspiracies. A superb cast (especially Ray and Piper) and a vast conspiracy involving “IWs” (invisible witches vs folks like Estrella who are “real witches@: it makes sense in context). Great adventure that’s totally thrilling. So much so that I turned immediately to Specter Protocol (Cyber Witch: 2082 Book 2), which happily kept things at the same wild pace and was equally thrilling (and, yes, had all my character faves, Estrella, Ray and Piper, active). My only real complaint is that there’s no book 3 for me to read (hopefully the author will remedy that ASAP!). As for both of these books, I highly recommend them.

[Christinaraven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Estrella and Ray are back and on a case to expose corruption. If they can survive which I thought was gonna take work at certain parts of the book. It was full of action, funny scenes, murder, gangs and over the top "magic". They still remind me of good antiheroes but they are amazing to watch do their thing. I was amused and entertained in the second story in the gritty and dark life of Estrella. The mystery and chaos were a blast.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The war continues between the cyber witches, the witches with natural abilities, and the rival companies trying to enslave and use all of them for their own benefits. It is sometimes hard to tell who are the ‘good guys’ or even if there are any. Lots of action and technical innovations.

[Nicholas Eden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good iteration of the series, but please hire an editor. I caught a misspelling or poor phrasing every few pages. It really bugs me.