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Brass Man
576 pages
A relentless, high-octane plunge into a dark universe where rogue technology and unstoppable assassins collide in explosive fashion.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like strapping into a high-G acceleration couch on a heavily armed pursuit ship. It is a relentlessly propulsive, adrenaline-fueled experience that marries the sprawling, awe-inspiring scale of widescreen space opera with the gritty, visceral punch of cyberpunk. The atmosphere is thick with cosmic dread and the metallic tang of blood, driven by a muscular prose style that delights in detailing bizarre alien biologies, terrifying ancient technologies, and kinetic, hyper-violent combat. As the narrative accelerates, the emotional texture shifts from simmering tension to explosive, chaotic survival, exploring the dark edges of what it means to be human in a universe dominated by rogue AIs and ancient horrors. It is a perfect, gritty feast for readers who love their sci-fi dark, fast, and unapologetically brutal.
- Mood
- adrenaline-fueled
- dark
- oppressive
- frenetic
- Tone
- gritty
- intense
- cynical
- cinematic
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- technological corruption · loss of humanity · relentless pursuit · cosmic dread · the burden of memory
- The writing
- Muscular and visceral, the writing revels in intricate, hyper-detailed descriptions of futuristic weaponry, bizarre biology, and kinetic action.
- The arc
- The journey accelerates from tense, simmering anticipation into a chaotic, explosive crescendo of survival and grim revelation.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave widescreen, hyper-violent space opera packed with rogue AIs, terrifying alien artifacts, and unstoppable cyborg assassins.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- body horror
- gore
- psychological trauma
About the book
The knight errant Anderson is hunting a dragon on the primitive Out-Polity world of Cull, little knowing that far away a man - more technology than human flesh - has resurrected a brass killing machine to assist in a similar hunt that encompasses star systems. When agent Cormac learns that his old enemy still lives, he sets out in pursuit aboard the attack ship Jack Ketch... whilst scientist Mika begins discovering the horrifying truth about that ancient technology ostensibly produced by the alien Jain, who died out five million years ago.
Description from Open Library.
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