Kill Zone by Damir SalkovicMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A dystopian feast, Salkovic's world mixes the techno jargon of William Gibson's cyberpunk with the surreal blend of entertainment and violence found in books such as The Running Man and The Hunger Games.
When the system upends Frank Clayton's life, he signs up to appear in a brutal reality show where survival and ratings closely intertwine. But a series of events points Clayton down a road to revenge against the indifferent corporate forces that destroyed his family.
Salkovic excels at description. He handles action well. However at several points the pacing seemed slowed by both action and description, braking the story's forward motion. Nevertheless, for the most part, the narrative moves rapidly, immersing the reader in one man's struggle for justice in a savage dog-eat-dog world.
An excellent pick for lovers of the dystopian genre as well as military sci-fi.
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2 comments:
I did see The Running Man, with Richard Dawson acting as host to a puzzled and ticked off Aahnold S. Didn't quite get the context at the time and it has been a while. Was Jesse Ventura in that flic? Haven't seen The Hunger Games. That show sounds almost sad, at least going by the title.
Kill Zone does sound good. Not sure I'd read it before bed if I was feeling the least bit anxious. Mind you, it doesn't sound like the sort of book you fall asleep to. More like the book you want to flip to one more page, til you look at the clock or your watch and it's 4 in the morning.
It's certainly fast-paced.
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