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Roland Tankowicz wasn't even legally a person anymore.

The aging cyborg had never really recovered from being betrayed and enslaved by his superiors in the Army, and the final insult of being permanently classified as "defunct military ordnance" had been a bitter pill to swallow. Now, he spent most of his time drinking beer and working as a fixer for the crime families in 25th-century Boston. It was easy money if you were the kind of guy who was bullet-proof and could pick up a house.

But then Lucia Ribiero stumbles into his favorite watering hole dragging a squad of bounty hunters behind her. Shadows from his own dark past, and old debts still unpaid conspired to drive the old war-horse out for one more mission. Like any good soldier, the mission is all that matters for Roland. Linked by a shared connection to her kidnapped father, the duo will face veritable armies of criminals, mutants, cyborgs, and corporate executives as they search for the missing man. The secrets of the Ribiero family take center stage as they approach the center of the labyrinth, and Lucia's mental and physical issues present an even deeper mystery than her father's disappearance.

Roland will have to face the horror of his past one more time, and Lucia will need to get a grip on her future if they expect to survive a running battle with an entire galaxy's worth of mad science gone awry; and ultimately prevent a terrible history from repeating itself.

©2017 Andrew Vaillencourt (P)2017 The Slide Rule Group, LLC
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Great narration, solid story and fantastic characters, highly recommended. Can't wait to hear the rest!

Cyberpunk bliss

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What's a human tank meant to do when a woman walks into his bar and turns his very well maintained life of violence, fixing and isolation upside down. An ex-military experiment called upon by a man he owes everything to look after his daughter.

Breach, aka Tankowicz, a man who isn't even seen legally as human anymore but decommissioned ordnance, wakes up from his fugue of existing to battle old demons, flex muscles and show the Darkside, the Combine and the big Woo, why it's best to let sleeping Golems lie.

A must for anyone who likes good sci-fi and dialogue, with levity and humour thrown in.

Cyberpunk done right

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I'm a fan of good verbal delivery and 'performance' but I also like witty writing and some good tech. This definitely meets all those criteria. It's definitely got a chandleresque feel, both in the urban setting and the language and even the age of the central character, grizzled rather than young and glib. I was expecting the story to be quite simple, which it is but it's told in a lovely pithy way that gives some nice detail. And it does fair bounce along. I don't give top review marks easily but here I have. The narrator is great too. Really good read.

Sam spade meets universal soldier! Great fun

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mindless fun, action packed techy stick, great for long journeys, nothing too deep, very listenable

ripping yarn

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