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Synopsis
Salisbury Forth is a courier of contraband in the alleyways of inner Melbourne, a city of fuel rationing, rolling power outages and curfews. It's a stressful life, post-pandemic. A vaccine dispensed Australia-wide is causing mass infertility, and the government has banned all remedies except prayer. Vigilantes prowl for transgressors while ,the pious gather like moths under the streetlight a at dusk. Then someone starts trading tainted hormones on the boss's patch . Salisbury must find whoever is trying to destroy the business before everything goes belly-up...
The Courier's New Bicycle: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
Adult dystopian fiction with themes of government-mandated infertility, contraband smuggling, religious vigilantism, and likely violence. Mature content dealing with reproductive rights and underground criminal networks.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include substance abuse, infertility, and government oppression (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will be drawn to the tense noir atmosphere and social commentary about bodily autonomy in a near-future Melbourne.