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As Good As Dead in Downtown

Neil Arksey (2004)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age15
Goodreads3.47

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Synopsis

A dark vision of the near future. Teenage orphan Kai, an assassin for hire, lives on his wits in Downtown, the slum district of Portobello, inhabited by gangsters, criminals and freedom fighters. Perpetually under siege from its far wealthier, more powerful and technologically advanced neighbour Nebula, Portobello, a city built on a peninsula, is crowded with refugees and more of prison camp than a metropolis. In Nebula, scientists are experimenting with genetically modified humans, but when twins Phoebe and Phoenix escape from the lab and disappear into Portobello, the head of security, devious Mendel, hires Kai to hunt them down...

Tags

DystopianCyberpunkScience FantasyNear-Future