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Courier
Courier: Person who transports sensitive data, documents, and small packages.
Zoe Blanco is a small town girl that flees to the big city to escape the cult she had been raised in. Upon arriving in New York, Zoe witnesses a courier on a motorcycle weave in and out of traffic while her cousin takes her to the apartment he shares with his mother. She thought it looked fun. Weeks later, Zoe is unable to find employment. Desperate to support herself, Zoe takes a loan from a local mob boss and uses the funds to buy a Frame(NanoPC implanted to the brain) and motorcycle. She lands a job at a transport company soon after and begins working as a courier.
Along the way, Zoe uses coding and slicing(hacking in this world) skills to create a few useful apps and steal some credits(money) to pay back the mafia. In time, Zoe learns that actions have consequences as the past comes back to haunt her and corporate interests take note of her.
This story has slice of life elements, some fantasy elements, is inspired by Johnny Mnemonic, and other cyberpunk works including way too much time spent riding motorcycles in the Cyberpunk 2077 computer game.
Zoe Blanco is a small town girl that flees to the big city to escape the cult she had been raised in. Upon arriving in New York, Zoe witnesses a courier on a motorcycle weave in and out of traffic while her cousin takes her to the apartment he shares with his mother. She thought it looked fun. Weeks later, Zoe is unable to find employment. Desperate to support herself, Zoe takes a loan from a local mob boss and uses the funds to buy a Frame(NanoPC implanted to the brain) and motorcycle. She lands a job at a transport company soon after and begins working as a courier.
Along the way, Zoe uses coding and slicing(hacking in this world) skills to create a few useful apps and steal some credits(money) to pay back the mafia. In time, Zoe learns that actions have consequences as the past comes back to haunt her and corporate interests take note of her.
This story has slice of life elements, some fantasy elements, is inspired by Johnny Mnemonic, and other cyberpunk works including way too much time spent riding motorcycles in the Cyberpunk 2077 computer game.
743 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 11, 2022
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December 14, 2023
Courier is a story about a girl who decides to try her hand at being a delivery courier in Ny city after being raised in a church cult. Things get very interesting when she discovers her hacking skills can be used for all kinds of legal and (not so legal) activities. It's a story in the best style of cyberpunk stories. Great stuff here. I'd give it four stars, only parts of the story drag a bit here and there while setting up the main premise of the book. Otherwise, a story worth reading with no reservations.
December 25, 2022
I usually like this authors work.
Because it is usually a character driven day to day story. This had a wonderful setting mixing a Cyberpunk 2077 feel with the social dynamics of the 1950's. But it failed with the MC. Her background and description were wonderful and should have made an excellent book, but she was given a passive personality that made the whole thing incredibly boring. This was driven by the side characters, Zoe was a drummed up NPC at best. You never get engaged, so you never care, so the whole thing is just dragging on and on.
Because it is usually a character driven day to day story. This had a wonderful setting mixing a Cyberpunk 2077 feel with the social dynamics of the 1950's. But it failed with the MC. Her background and description were wonderful and should have made an excellent book, but she was given a passive personality that made the whole thing incredibly boring. This was driven by the side characters, Zoe was a drummed up NPC at best. You never get engaged, so you never care, so the whole thing is just dragging on and on.
October 15, 2023
Good story
It is as the title line says, a good story.
I don't want to make a big deal of the errors caused by spell check, but you might wish to review the manuscript for the word think.
It is as the title line says, a good story.
I don't want to make a big deal of the errors caused by spell check, but you might wish to review the manuscript for the word think.
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