Near future, Los Angeles. Sequel to Street Lethal (1983). A third novel, Firedance (1994), continues the story of Aubry Knight and Promise Cotounou. Each book is a complete self-standing novel.
"Raised on the streets of a devastated twenty-first century torn by plagues, riots, and social decay, Aubry Knight was trained to be a lethal killing machine. Betrayed by those who created him, he survived a living hell to become a new kind of hero: strong enough to confront evil, yet caring enough to save a world.
"But now a fanatical religious leader plots to enslave the nation and tampers with the sanctity of life itself. To save America from tyranny, Aubry Knight must battle an inhuman army of super-soldiers -- and confront the terrors of his own past". [jacket blurb, US pbk, 1989]
"Streetwise and tough. Knowledgable and well-crafted. This novel reflects the distorted image of America today. An impoverished underclass, mob rule, vigilantes, religious fundamentalism, and mind control. Loads of carefully-described action sequences and physical mayhem featuring: bioengineered mutants, 'Thai-VI' (a gruesome AIDS-like disease) plague victims, tribes of gay 'NewMen', a feminist village of battered women, and the homicidal greed for money, power, and immortality.
"Add a very human dose of soul searching and voila, you've got a good hardcore read". --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1995).
Recommended.
