Near future, Los Angeles. Copyright 1983. Followed by 2 sequels: Gorgon Child and Firedance . Each book is a complete self-standing novel.
"Los Angeles is a war zone where life is cheap and plague-ridden ghouls stalk the streets. In the Deep Maze, the rotten core of a dying city, the word of the Ortegas is law.
"Aubry Knight is a deadly human weapon. Born on the streets, trained as a zero-g null-boxer, he was used by the Ortegas as an enforcer for their bloody empire of drugs, prostitution and black-market body parts.
"Now Aubry wants out. But nobody walks away from the Ortegas and lives. If he wants to survive, he'll have to become a hero". [jacket blurb, US pbk, 1991]
"A gritty and utterly believable picture of the underbelly of the early 21st century". --Norman Spinrad.
"Convincing at both the brain and the guts levels". --Larry Niven.
"Hardcore street-wise action. With enough realistic detail to impress. Knowledgable touches, positive input". --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1995).
Recommended.
