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A review by elizabeth_paige
Necrotech by K.C. Alexander
4.0
Action packed and super fast paced. Set in a post-apocalyptic city that is run by mega corporations that keep track of everyone through SIN (Security Identification Number). Though some get off the grid by becoming saints who are SINless.
Riko is one unsaintlike saint who wakes up with without her memories and a lot of people to hurt to find why. She is a kickass mercenary with metaphorical balls of steel.
In this world, there is incorporated tech - tech which is incorporated into flesh. At birth, when SIN is incorporated, so is nanotech and they help with healing. If they get overloaded by either exertion or too much incorporated tech, then the tech will take over and control the body. This is called necrotech because essentially the body is dead but the tech fuels the body to kill. Therefore we get electronic powered zombies. This concept is so flipping cool and was so much fun.
This book does diversity right. Main character is bisexual and disabled (missing arm), plus the side characters are Indian, and these characters are incorporated without their traits being plot points. Really enjoyed that.
Overall, this book was epic. Cyberpunk adventure time with zombies and intrigue. I'm hooked.
NECROTECH SUMMARY (TO READ BEFORE SEQUEL)
Nanji ыЂы RikoыЂыs girlfriend, died straight away from becoming Necrotech
Greg Keith ыЂы detective, RikoыЂыs ex lover
Indigo ыЂы RikoыЂыs older brother
Malik Reed ыЂы backer for the Vid Zone run, works for Mantis Industries
Lucky ыЂы RikoыЂыs mentor and tech person (her doctor)
Hooker, & Carter ыЂы died on Vid Zone run
Shiva ыЂы works/runs at Mecca where Indigo and his team hang out
Fuck It Jim ыЂы bit of a weasel, had information about what happened to Riko but she killed him before she could find out what it was, MetaCore was on his (or herыЂыs) ass
MetaCore ыЂы One of the big corporations
Orchard ыЂы doctor at MalikыЂыs offices
Hope Ramsay ыЂы assistant at MalikыЂыs offices
Necrotech ыЂы essentially tech-fuelled zombies, brought about my tech overpowering flesh
Riko wakes on a slab, naked and a wicked hangover, devoid of memory. There is information that uses her real name (Risa Cole) that says she died. She gets up despite Nanoshock (overworking nanos, somewhat comparable to hunger) and has to fight off heavily armoured peeps. Sees Nanji, who has a chrome spinal replacement for some reason, turn into Necrotech. Riko escapes but goes blank and is picked up by the police.
After leaving the precinct, she gets some sleep before trying to figure out what happened to her. When she goes to see Indigo and his gang tries to kill her, she realises that her memory loss goes beyond one day to three months, and her team thinks she sold out Nanji and thatыЂыs why sheыЂыs dead. Riko wants to find out what happened to clear her name and restore her cred, so she wants to set up a run to where she woke up, but she needs a team and backing, so Indigo sends her Malik Reed.
When she arrives at the club she is supposed to meet him, four enforcers attack her before she can speak to Reed. He wants evidence before he funds a run.
She goes to Lucky to get checked and fixed up. He tells her after heыЂыs fixed her up that she canыЂыt stay because her cred is in the shitter and he canыЂыt have her bring his down by association. Jax shows up and gives her a lead to Fuck It Jim about information. She owes him a favour now.
She goes to Fuck It Jim who seems scared of more than her. He tells her about a deal but not enough info. Riko kinda loses here shit and kills him. Right before a helicopter drops some MetaCore enforcers into his apartment. She flees with a tablet full of information that will show that there is reason to go on the run.
Malik agrees that this is enough info to fund the run and it is set up. Riko must undergo a medical exam, in which she freaks out and the doc, Orchard, thinks she reacted as part of PTSD, but since Riko canЃEЂЃEt remember what caused it all.
They go on the run to Vid Zone, where there was a lab set up and members of IndigoЃEЂЃEs team had been sold there for unknown purposes. They are blindsided by more necrotech than expected as well as MetaCore enforcers. Members of the team
Riko is one unsaintlike saint who wakes up with without her memories and a lot of people to hurt to find why. She is a kickass mercenary with metaphorical balls of steel.
In this world, there is incorporated tech - tech which is incorporated into flesh. At birth, when SIN is incorporated, so is nanotech and they help with healing. If they get overloaded by either exertion or too much incorporated tech, then the tech will take over and control the body. This is called necrotech because essentially the body is dead but the tech fuels the body to kill. Therefore we get electronic powered zombies. This concept is so flipping cool and was so much fun.
This book does diversity right. Main character is bisexual and disabled (missing arm), plus the side characters are Indian, and these characters are incorporated without their traits being plot points. Really enjoyed that.
Overall, this book was epic. Cyberpunk adventure time with zombies and intrigue. I'm hooked.
NECROTECH SUMMARY (TO READ BEFORE SEQUEL)
Spoiler
Riko ыЂы Main Character, SINless (Saint), Splatter Specialist (Merc), Memory loss and PTSD from unknown source, Mind sends word Eradicate to her (possible weaponisation of Necrotech in her brain?)Nanji ыЂы RikoыЂыs girlfriend, died straight away from becoming Necrotech
Greg Keith ыЂы detective, RikoыЂыs ex lover
Indigo ыЂы RikoыЂыs older brother
Malik Reed ыЂы backer for the Vid Zone run, works for Mantis Industries
Lucky ыЂы RikoыЂыs mentor and tech person (her doctor)
Hooker, & Carter ыЂы died on Vid Zone run
Shiva ыЂы works/runs at Mecca where Indigo and his team hang out
Fuck It Jim ыЂы bit of a weasel, had information about what happened to Riko but she killed him before she could find out what it was, MetaCore was on his (or herыЂыs) ass
MetaCore ыЂы One of the big corporations
Orchard ыЂы doctor at MalikыЂыs offices
Hope Ramsay ыЂы assistant at MalikыЂыs offices
Necrotech ыЂы essentially tech-fuelled zombies, brought about my tech overpowering flesh
Riko wakes on a slab, naked and a wicked hangover, devoid of memory. There is information that uses her real name (Risa Cole) that says she died. She gets up despite Nanoshock (overworking nanos, somewhat comparable to hunger) and has to fight off heavily armoured peeps. Sees Nanji, who has a chrome spinal replacement for some reason, turn into Necrotech. Riko escapes but goes blank and is picked up by the police.
After leaving the precinct, she gets some sleep before trying to figure out what happened to her. When she goes to see Indigo and his gang tries to kill her, she realises that her memory loss goes beyond one day to three months, and her team thinks she sold out Nanji and thatыЂыs why sheыЂыs dead. Riko wants to find out what happened to clear her name and restore her cred, so she wants to set up a run to where she woke up, but she needs a team and backing, so Indigo sends her Malik Reed.
When she arrives at the club she is supposed to meet him, four enforcers attack her before she can speak to Reed. He wants evidence before he funds a run.
She goes to Lucky to get checked and fixed up. He tells her after heыЂыs fixed her up that she canыЂыt stay because her cred is in the shitter and he canыЂыt have her bring his down by association. Jax shows up and gives her a lead to Fuck It Jim about information. She owes him a favour now.
She goes to Fuck It Jim who seems scared of more than her. He tells her about a deal but not enough info. Riko kinda loses here shit and kills him. Right before a helicopter drops some MetaCore enforcers into his apartment. She flees with a tablet full of information that will show that there is reason to go on the run.
Malik agrees that this is enough info to fund the run and it is set up. Riko must undergo a medical exam, in which she freaks out and the doc, Orchard, thinks she reacted as part of PTSD, but since Riko canЃEЂЃEt remember what caused it all.
They go on the run to Vid Zone, where there was a lab set up and members of IndigoЃEЂЃEs team had been sold there for unknown purposes. They are blindsided by more necrotech than expected as well as MetaCore enforcers. Members of the team