Titanium Noir (Cal Sounder Series)

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What if there was a drug, available only, from one source, that could extend human lifespans by centuries?

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Shah explores some of the ways people survive under unjust systems, including disguising their daughters as sons to save them from being stolen and sold into marriage. The book takes us on a thrilling journey from opulent, affluent locations to the seediest bars and life-and-death cage matches.Nick Harkaway is no stranger to expert worldbuilding, having written four highly acclaimed science fiction novels. Sign our petition to keep people in their homes Urgent action is needed to prevent even more people being pushed into homelessness. The dry tone, the worldbuilding, the clever observations and actions, and the solution came together for me perfectly.

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But I did get into it eventually and liked Cal as a lead character, a guy who is smart and resilient, so I hope this is the start of a series.His ex-girlfriend and femme fatale is Athena, a Titan herself, and no less, Stefan Tonfamesca’s daughter and heir to his empire. Hardaway nicely infuses tension and intrigue as this crime investigation morphs into a near-future dystopian noir mystery. G. Ballard’s geeky younger brother', 'William Makepeace Thackerary on acid' and 'a British mimetic speculative godgame novelist'. He imagines access to the drug being controlled by one man, who believes the world can only sustain a few thousand Titans and who decides who those people should be. If you like noir mysteries, characters like Sam Spade, Mike Hammer with a touch of Harrison Ford in Blade Runner, then get in line for a shot of Titanium Noir.

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway | Hachette UK

There are several well-choreographed, graphic but not gratuitously bloody fights and several tense negotiations with very powerful figures, each leaving Cal increasingly feeling like the odds are stacked against him.Shah’s latest book, “ The Monsoon War,” takes place in the same futuristic Middle Eastern country, where devastating wars and a plague have reduced the population of fertile women, and surviving girls are prized for their reproductive value. He is possessed of two explosively exciting eyebrows, which exert an almost hypnotic attraction over small children, dogs, and - thankfully - one ludicrously attractive human rights lawyer, to whom he is married.