Deadeye

Zusatztext Praise for William C. Dietz “William Dietz can run with the best.”—Steve Perry, New York Times bestselling author of The Tejano Conflict “Dietz’s expertise in matters of mayhem is second to none.”— The Oregonian "Dietz keeps his long-running saga fresh to the delight of military science fiction fans.”— Midwest Book Review Informationen zum Autor William C. Dietz Klappentext The national bestselling author of the Legion of the Damned novels! "a must-read for any fan of Mil Fic!" (Archaeologist's Guide to the Galaxy) begins a brand new science fiction police procedural series... In the year 2038! an act of bioengineered terrorism decimated humanity. Those who survived were either completely unaffected or developed horrible mutations. Across the globe! nations are now divided between areas populated by "norms” and lands run by "mutants”... Detective Cassandra Lee of Los Angeles's Special Investigative Section has built a fierce reputation taking down some of the city's most notorious criminals. But the serial cop killer known as Bonebreaker—who murdered Lee's father—is still at large. Officially! she's too personally involved to work on the Bonebreaker case. Unofficially! she's going to hunt him to the ends of the earth. In the meantime! duty calls when the daughter of Bishop Screed! head of the Church of Human Purity! is kidnapped by mutants and taken into the red zone to be used for breeding. Assigned to rescue her! Lee must trust her new partner—mutant lawman Deputy Ras Omo—to guide her not only through the unfamiliar territory but through the prejudicial divisions between mutants and norms... Leseprobe ACKNOWLEDGMENT ONE THE AIR WAS deliciously cool as the sun rose, and the city of angels was flooded with pink light. The traffic light changed to green, and Police Detective Bryce Conti put his foot on the gas. He was driving an unmarked car. That was something of a misnomer, however, since the vehicle had been tagged so many times that it looked like a rolling Picasso. The radio was on, and Conti smiled as a patrol unit was sent to deal with a 288. That was the code for indecent exposure and usually meant that a drunk was wandering around a park without his pants. What a way to start a new day. Conti’s destination was a neighborhood that had been called Little Italy prior to being reborn as New Chinatown in 1938. As Conti took a right, he passed the charred remains of a burned-out house. One of thousands left empty after the plague. Some of the homes in the area were occupied, however, and easy to identify because they were the ones that had iron bars over the windows. And in some cases there were patches of carefully kept grass out front. God bless ’em, Conti thought to himself, and protect them from evil. Conti found the address he was looking for halfway down the block and on the right. It was the type of four-unit building often referred to as a “dingbat.” A not-so-complimentary name that referred to thousands of formulaic three-story-high apartment buildings built during the middle of the twentieth century. A sign that read LA BUENA VIDA was fastened to the front of the structure’s dingy white facade. Parking places were easy to find in a city where the population was half what it had once been. Conti pulled over, got out, and thumbed the remote. The lights flashed to signal that the car was locked. Conti had been a street cop for six years and a detective for two. During that time, he had developed habits, one of which was to pause before parting company with whatever car he was using and perform a quick 360. Someone was watching. He could feel it. But he expected that. It paid to keep your eyes peeled in LA—and chances were that one of the neighbors was peering at him through partially opened blinds. Conti followed the path ...

Product details

• Authors: William C Dietz, William C. Dietz
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.01.2015
• EAN: 9780425273333
• ISBN: 978-0-425-27333-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 171 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Mutant Files; Mutant Files
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy