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Neon Horizon #1-3
Neon Horizon - Books 1 - 3 Box Set: A Cyberpunk Thriller
Marcie Hugo isn’t a typical sixteen-year-old. She’s been cybernetically enhanced to have superhuman strength, speed, and judgement.
She’s lived her entire life in the Blind Spot; a garish neon rat run of debauchery. Since her mum’s murder several years ago, her dad’s method for keeping her safe has been to imprison her in her own home. But with her sixteenth birthday looming, she’s going to start making her own life choices. She’ll finally move away to the neighbouring Scala City with the boy she loves.
But when a terrorist attack raises the temperate of the cold war between the Blind Spot and the city, her vision of her planned future begins to fade. If she’s to put her bad memories and the home she hates behind her, she has to act.
With time running out and tensions rising, Marcie finds herself as the only person who can prevent the conflict. But it comes at a cost. Does she betray everyone she cares about and sacrifice her chances with her one true love, or does she let thousands die in a preventable war?
She’s lived her entire life in the Blind Spot; a garish neon rat run of debauchery. Since her mum’s murder several years ago, her dad’s method for keeping her safe has been to imprison her in her own home. But with her sixteenth birthday looming, she’s going to start making her own life choices. She’ll finally move away to the neighbouring Scala City with the boy she loves.
But when a terrorist attack raises the temperate of the cold war between the Blind Spot and the city, her vision of her planned future begins to fade. If she’s to put her bad memories and the home she hates behind her, she has to act.
With time running out and tensions rising, Marcie finds herself as the only person who can prevent the conflict. But it comes at a cost. Does she betray everyone she cares about and sacrifice her chances with her one true love, or does she let thousands die in a preventable war?
- GenresCyberpunk
963 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 11, 2020
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Michael Robertson
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
March 2, 2022
The adventures of Marcie Hugo, cyberpunk teenage heroine, don't sound like they'd be a thrilling well-designed bit of social satire but they are. NEON HORIZON has a lot going for it and the books are enjoyable from beginning to end. The first book takes place in Scalia City, a city-divided, before moving to Prime City where the social economic situation is even worse. She and her hacker friend, the Eye, take on corrupt businessmen as well as ruthless crime bosses. It's not quite a post-apocalypse setting but something has wiped away most of the old order. It's a solid and entertaining trilogy and I highly recommend it.
November 10, 2025
These are the first books I've read by Michael Robertson, and I was completely blown away.
I'm not going to tell about what happens in these three stories, because there's no way I could do it without writing multiple pages. But what I WILL tell you is my impression of these stories.
From the moment I started, I was drawn in. They are set in a futuristic world, in several places.... Scala City, the Blind Spot, the wastelands, the Black Hole, and Prime City.
We are introduced to a young lady named Marcie, who is, to a great extent, cybernetic.
She was described in beautiful detail, where I could imagine just how she looked, what her body could do, and who she was as a person. She was wonderfully fleshed out.
The cities in the book were also so well described, that I could imagine in my mind's eye, what these places looked like, from the buildings, to the people, to the brightly lit neon signs and lights everywhere. This was something else that kept me reading. The fact that I could escape, in my mind, to these places, and get the feeling of actually being with Marcie as she traversed these places, peoples, and cities. Nothing was left out. It was one of the most well described and fleshed out books I've ever read.
I highly recommend this book set to anyone who likes to get lost in other worlds, places, and times. You will NOT regret it.
I'm not going to tell about what happens in these three stories, because there's no way I could do it without writing multiple pages. But what I WILL tell you is my impression of these stories.
From the moment I started, I was drawn in. They are set in a futuristic world, in several places.... Scala City, the Blind Spot, the wastelands, the Black Hole, and Prime City.
We are introduced to a young lady named Marcie, who is, to a great extent, cybernetic.
She was described in beautiful detail, where I could imagine just how she looked, what her body could do, and who she was as a person. She was wonderfully fleshed out.
The cities in the book were also so well described, that I could imagine in my mind's eye, what these places looked like, from the buildings, to the people, to the brightly lit neon signs and lights everywhere. This was something else that kept me reading. The fact that I could escape, in my mind, to these places, and get the feeling of actually being with Marcie as she traversed these places, peoples, and cities. Nothing was left out. It was one of the most well described and fleshed out books I've ever read.
I highly recommend this book set to anyone who likes to get lost in other worlds, places, and times. You will NOT regret it.
August 12, 2021
I bought this box set when it was on offer (lucky me) and having read stories by this author before, I knew it would be a great series - it definitely is!
I have reviewed each book separately so will just say that the series (so far) is brilliant because it's set in a fantasy /future world that's similar in many ways to ours but even harsher, though with futuristic technology.
Marcie is the main character, who is extremely likeable, if reckless, but her sense of justice is fabulous.
Very well written and fast-paced, action-packed with a superb sense of place and plot, I highly recommend this new series.
I have reviewed each book separately so will just say that the series (so far) is brilliant because it's set in a fantasy /future world that's similar in many ways to ours but even harsher, though with futuristic technology.
Marcie is the main character, who is extremely likeable, if reckless, but her sense of justice is fabulous.
Very well written and fast-paced, action-packed with a superb sense of place and plot, I highly recommend this new series.
July 8, 2021
All I can say is Michael Robertson as done it again, another great read. Every book I've read so far has been a great work of fiction, I'm looking forward to the next book in the series "Connection".
September 27, 2025
The first book was amateurish, but the writing improved in the second and third book. The third book is well worth the money, but you need the first two for a proper background for the story. The world was too dystopian for any civilization to survive.
January 18, 2026
Totaly brilliant read
She had to do whatever to save her friend , going to the big city was part of her plan . But how things never work out as it seems , this storyline is absolouty brilliant and the characters are well written.
I totaly recomend this book series.
She had to do whatever to save her friend , going to the big city was part of her plan . But how things never work out as it seems , this storyline is absolouty brilliant and the characters are well written.
I totaly recomend this book series.
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