An entertaining debut SF with exceptional voice and a ton of twists that will keep you on edge right to the end.

Michael Mammay
Author of THE MISFIT SOLDIER

This one didn't do it for me. Derivative of past works, and it doesn't elevate the story past that. The plot sounds great on paper, but in practice it didn't work.

I'm DNF-ing it at 38% of the ebook version. Not because I think it's a bad book, I just can't connect with it / or start to care about everything that's happening.

I liked the opening chapters that established both the personal and broader stakes of the 1st person narrator; unfortunately, I started losing interest soon after. I may give it another go in a while, but I'm calling it quits for now.

Hard-boiled, thoroughly so. In an alternate version of our world in which "augments" (superheroes) exist, the narrator ekes out a precarious living as a repo man, repossessing augmented technology from superheroes, supervillains, and people who just think the stuff is cool, but can't afford to keep up the payments on it. He himself is struggling to pay for his daughter's cancer treatment, which is his motivation throughout the plot. This drives him to conceal key information from his partner, to get himself into multiple dangerous situations (causing him to be beaten up and otherwise maimed), and eventually to <spoiler>give up his business and take a demeaning job working for someone he hates</spoiler>.

It's not a happy story, which made it less than completely to my taste and dropped it down to the bronze tier of my Best of the Year list. It is a well-told, well-written story, though, with a strong and believable set of motivations for a flawed yet relatable character to continue to struggle against the odds.

I never did figure out what the title refers to.