Description
In a small religious community rocked by a spree of shocking murders, Detectives Salvi Brentt and Mitch Grenville find themselves surrounded by suspects. The Children of Christ have a tight grip on their people, and the Solme Complex neurally edit violent criminals - Subjugates - into placid servants called Serenes. In a town where purity and sin, temptation and repression live side by side, everyone has a motive. But as the bodies mount up, the frustrated detectives begin to crack under the pressure: their demons come to light, and who knows where the blurred line between man and monster truly lies. File Under: Science Fiction [ Pure & Savage | Hard Boiled | Bright Spark | Finding Serenity ]
Two troubled homicide detectives race to find a serial killer in a town filled with surgically reformed murderers, in this captivating near-future SF thriller.
About the Author
AMANDA BRIDGEMAN is a Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar Awards finalist, and the author of several science fiction novels, including the bestselling space opera/military SF Aurora series, alien contact drama The Time of the Stripes, and sci-fi crime thriller The Subjugate.
Reviews
"Part traditional police procedural, part exploration of redemption and the possibility of change, The Subjugate cleverly and apparently effortlessly builds a future world that is both engaging and utterly terrifying."
"An intelligent, believable future wrapped around an intriguing mystery."
"The Wire meets Blade Runner in this enthralling near-future crime thriller."
"This hard-boiled near-future SF thriller moves quickly and presents some thought-provoking ideas."
"A compelling seat-of-the-pants murder mystery and a fascinating inquiry into good and evil."
Book Information
ISBN 9780857667717
Author Amanda Bridgeman
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Angry Robot
Publisher Watkins Media Limited
Two troubled homicide detectives race to find a serial killer in a town filled with surgically reformed murderers, in this captivating near-future SF thriller.
About the Author
AMANDA BRIDGEMAN is a Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar Awards finalist, and the author of several science fiction novels, including the bestselling space opera/military SF Aurora series, alien contact drama The Time of the Stripes, and sci-fi crime thriller The Subjugate.
Reviews
"Part traditional police procedural, part exploration of redemption and the possibility of change, The Subjugate cleverly and apparently effortlessly builds a future world that is both engaging and utterly terrifying."
"An intelligent, believable future wrapped around an intriguing mystery."
"The Wire meets Blade Runner in this enthralling near-future crime thriller."
"This hard-boiled near-future SF thriller moves quickly and presents some thought-provoking ideas."
"A compelling seat-of-the-pants murder mystery and a fascinating inquiry into good and evil."
Book Information
ISBN 9780857667717
Author Amanda Bridgeman
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Angry Robot
Publisher Watkins Media Limited
