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Book SynopsisThe third and final installment in the San Angeles trilogy, a thrilling near-future cyberpunk sci-fi series
Kris Merrill has lost everything. Her family when she was thirteen, her identity when she joined the anti-corporate movement, and now the man she loved. Living in a small room the resistance gave her, she feels alone. Abandoned.
A year ago, Kris's life was torn apart when a delivery went wrong. The last year spent training with the anti-corporate movement had been the closest she'd ever gotten to normal.
Now, war has broken out between the corporations, and the lower levels of San Angeles are paying the price. Water and food are rationed. People are being ripped from their families in massive sweeps, drafted to fight. Those remaining live in a wasteland. The insurgents are trying to help, but Kris is being left out, given menial tasks instead of doing what she was trained for.
She is torn between working with the insurgents as they become mor
Trade ReviewPraise for the San Angeles series:
"The Courier is lean and mean as Kris’s rugged ride,
ripping through plot and world-building at a relentless pace... Brandt has created a darkly gripping vision of the future." ―B&N Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog
“Brandt’s
supercharged sequel to
The Courier continues the cyberpunk fun of the San Angeles series.... Brandt fleshes out an all-too-possible future of crushing poverty and corporate control, and the complex heroine who will lead us through to a better future.” —Tor.com
“It felt a lot like the
Bourne Identity movie except with a sci-fi setting and a relatable young girl as the protagonist.
The Courier is a
fast paced science fiction thriller, with a heroine you can really root for and a world you can’t wait to learn more about.” ―The Heroine Bookstore
“Gerald Brandt tells an
impossible-to-put-down tale and introduces us to an exciting heroine I’d love to see more of.” ―University City Review
“The action does not let up. Brandt writes in a way that keeps the tale clear, and easy to follow....
Quick and violent, engaging and intense.” —On a Dark Stormy Review
