Zoey punches the future in the dick / David Wong.
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TextSeries: Zoey Ashe ; [2]Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 357 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250195791
- 1250195799
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Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | WONG, DAVID | Available | 33111010413090 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
New York Times bestselling author David Wong's Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick is the latest--and arguably greatest--sci-fi thriller in the Zoey Ashe Series.
In the futuristic city of Tabula Ra$a, Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit. After inheriting a criminal empire, the twenty-three year-old finds herself under threat from all sides as a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life enemies think they smell weakness.
On the eve of the world's most lavish and ridiculous Halloween celebration, a steamer trunk-sized box arrives at Zoey's door and she is shocked to find that it contains a disemboweled corpse. She is even more shocked when that corpse, controlled by an unknown party, rises and goes on a rampage through the house. Speaking in an electronic voice, it publicly accuses Zoey of being its murderer. This is the kind of thing that almost never happened at her old job.
The city was already a ticking time bomb of publicity-hungry vigilantes with superhuman enhancements and Zoey knows this turn of events is unlikely to improve the situation. Now, she and her team of high-tech tricksters have to solve this bizarre murder while simultaneously keeping Tabula Ra$a from descending into chaos.
"Biting humor and blatant digs at modern society overlay a subtly brilliant and thoughtful plot" ( Publishers Weekly ) in John Dies at the End author David Wong's first installment of the Zoey Ashe Series, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits . Now, "one of today's great satirists" ( Nerdist ) is back with Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick , the second installment in a "Technicolor tomorrowland." ( Kirkus Reviews )
Sequel to: Futuristic violence and fancy suits.
"Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman suddenly in charge of the most decadent city in the world. And her very smelly cat. Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit. She finds herself struggling to establish rule over a sprawling empire while Tabula RaSa's rogue's gallery of larger-than-life crime bosses and corrupt plutocrats smell weakness. Tensions brew across the city. A steamer trunk-sized box arrives at Zoey's door, and she and her bodyguard Wu are shocked to find that it contains a disemboweled corpse, and even more shocked when that corpse, controlled by an unknown party, rises from the box and goes on a rampage through the house. After being subdued, it speaks in an electronic voice, accusing Zoey of being its murderer. Soon, it makes the same claim to the public at large, along with the promise of a cash reward for proof that Zoey and the Suits are behind the crime. Now Zoey is having doubts of her own: Is she 100% sure that someone on her team didn't do this? She also doesn't even have a complete list of what businesses she owns, or what exact laws her organization is still breaking. So what does she really know?"-- Provided by publisher.