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Soul Cache
In the near future, an aging homicide detective hunts a serial killer in the crowded streets of New Kowloon, his only clues the victims' last moments he illegally hacked from their neural chips.
A technoir cyberpunk crime thriller from the author of "Beneath the Broken Moon", "The Barrow Lover", "A Prayer to St. Strelok", "Strange Treasure", "Sozo", and more.
A technoir cyberpunk crime thriller from the author of "Beneath the Broken Moon", "The Barrow Lover", "A Prayer to St. Strelok", "Strange Treasure", "Sozo", and more.
94 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 17, 2021
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About the author
Patrick Todoroff
37 books50 followersMy interest in books started when I was nine, the year my baby brother shoved a pretzel down into the back of the television set and my parents didn't get it fixed.
My first novel, "Running Black" was a 'put up or shut up' project during the 2008 recession. The sequel "Shift Tense" rolled out two years later.
Other titles include the cyberpunk/technoir novella, 'Soul Cache'; a Celtic-flavored ghost story, 'The Barrow Lover'; three tales from the Exclusion Zone - 'A Prayer to Saint Strelok', 'Strange Treasure', and 'Gopnik Blues', and a handful of stand-alone near-future shorts.
As a table top war game designer, I've written 'Zona Alfa' and 'When Nightmares Come' for Osprey Wargames, several best selling indie games: 'Exploit Zero', its monster-hunting fantasy cousin, 'Nightwatch', and the alien-invasion 'Insurgent Earth.'
Current projects include the post-apocalyptic fantasy 'Shattered Worlds' duology, and a gritty dungeon crawl series, 'Shiver and Funk."
I can be found online at Stalker7.com.
A thousand thanks.
My first novel, "Running Black" was a 'put up or shut up' project during the 2008 recession. The sequel "Shift Tense" rolled out two years later.
Other titles include the cyberpunk/technoir novella, 'Soul Cache'; a Celtic-flavored ghost story, 'The Barrow Lover'; three tales from the Exclusion Zone - 'A Prayer to Saint Strelok', 'Strange Treasure', and 'Gopnik Blues', and a handful of stand-alone near-future shorts.
As a table top war game designer, I've written 'Zona Alfa' and 'When Nightmares Come' for Osprey Wargames, several best selling indie games: 'Exploit Zero', its monster-hunting fantasy cousin, 'Nightwatch', and the alien-invasion 'Insurgent Earth.'
Current projects include the post-apocalyptic fantasy 'Shattered Worlds' duology, and a gritty dungeon crawl series, 'Shiver and Funk."
I can be found online at Stalker7.com.
A thousand thanks.
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January 16, 2022
Really atmospheric--the streets of Lower New Kowloon are grungy, neon-filled with an acrid stench left over from the daily Night Sweat rains... It's a dangerous world filled with unsavory characters and sights, it's cyberpunk in all the best ways.
Things I didn't like were how the soul cache ended up fitting into the story (I felt like we would have gotten the same outcome even without its use). I also felt like the killer was revealed too quickly, but then this is a novella, so it's a bit of the nature of the format. Besides those two things, everything else in the story was great.
It felt like the author had fun writing and playing inside this universe and I had fun being in it. A quick read, but recommended for any fans of cyberpunk detective noir.
Things I didn't like were how the soul cache ended up fitting into the story (I felt like we would have gotten the same outcome even without its use). I also felt like the killer was revealed too quickly, but then this is a novella, so it's a bit of the nature of the format. Besides those two things, everything else in the story was great.
It felt like the author had fun writing and playing inside this universe and I had fun being in it. A quick read, but recommended for any fans of cyberpunk detective noir.
March 27, 2022
great Technoir
I really enjoyed this story. Full of great descriptions that brought New Kowloon into gritty color and an interesting mystery to be solved.
I feel it could have been longer, but I liked that it wasn't a full length novel. The main thing missing would have been a second meeting with the fat man. Seemed like that should have happened.
There were a few editor mistakes, but I am an adult and could past those. There is one spot where they get a little technical about guns and robots that might lose a few people, but it's only a few pages and can easy be glossed over.
It's a good story. It's a gritty, stark, robotic and human story. Worth a read.
I really enjoyed this story. Full of great descriptions that brought New Kowloon into gritty color and an interesting mystery to be solved.
I feel it could have been longer, but I liked that it wasn't a full length novel. The main thing missing would have been a second meeting with the fat man. Seemed like that should have happened.
There were a few editor mistakes, but I am an adult and could past those. There is one spot where they get a little technical about guns and robots that might lose a few people, but it's only a few pages and can easy be glossed over.
It's a good story. It's a gritty, stark, robotic and human story. Worth a read.
March 20, 2022
I’ll just start out by saying that I really enjoyed this story. Every day it seems like cyberpunk becomes more of a reality and yet Patrick managed to give us a fresh perspective on the genre. Definitely worth a read or listen.
March 5, 2025
Detective Noir normally isn't my thing. However, the story was compelling and I eagerly consumed the short story. Definitely worth your time. A fun read.
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