Neo Cyberpunk story reviews.

As I read through the stories of this Anthology I will review each story as I go. 

 

 

 Anna Mocikat - We Are the Good Guys

If you have read any of Anna's other stories you will know she is a very competent author. Her stories are always action packed and don't hold back. Anna is a very experienced writer and has a growing following of fans that love the way she writes. She extends her world of Behind Blue Eyes in this story bringing a little more background to the main story. Her short is a story about a side character that a lot of people wanted to know more about. Its a fantastic introduction to her futuristic world. In this short you get a taste of many of the elements of the BBE world. It is a brutal utopia. A perfect world doesn't exist without a violent dark side. You get a bit of both with this story. 

Anna now has two books released in her Behind Blue Eyes series, and the second one is better than the first in my opinion. She is building up this world to a crescendo of interesting tension. If you haven't checked it out you won't be disappointed. It is a very violent world, with all the ideals of the future captured and fleshed out to their bitter and violent conclusions. A modern, man created cyborg force of overpowered superhero beings maintain the status quo of the utopian world. One of these cyborgs is Nephilim. It's easy to get bored with an overpowered superhero, but Anna doesn't let that happen. The world she creates is full of intrigue, danger, moral  and choices of love and courage. 

Reading the second book now (Audiobook by the way, and its brilliantly narrated) I  have realised that she has thought through this story quite deeply. It contains a full world of politics, and ideas that are not a simple plot device. This story carries you through the darkest streets, and the highest wealth of the world that is created. There are internal political forces full of tension, as well as outside opposition that seek to destroy, the potential love interests are of course on either side of the fences. Its a tinderbox that keeps building and getting deeper with each new book she releases. 

Its possible not as many people will discover this book series as early as they should, but I am sure when they do, they will find it worth the journey. The short story is a great start. If you enjoyed it, you will definitely enjoy the other books in her series.