Sinister Dexter by Dan Abnett and David Millgate

In the all-too-near future, central Europe sits under the mega-city of Downlode, stretching from the Atlantic to the Baltic, and beyond. There are a thousand and one stories in the city, many of them violent and bloody. In the depths of the underworld, you need to be more than just a thug with a gun to survive; you need to be a Gun Shark.

The undisputed Kingpin of Download is the almost legendary “Holy” Moses Tannebaum, who rules his domain with an iron fist, normally in the form of top Gun Sharks, Irishman Finnigan Sinister and Spaniard Ramone Dexter. Unlike most of their contemporise, Sinister and Dexter see themselves as more than just guns-for-hire: they view themselves as urban-warriors, following a strict code that says they can never turn down a job, no matter how dangerous.

Then one day they’re offered a contract on Tannebaum himself. At first willing to break their code out of respect for their long-time benefactor, the duos are forced into action when an understandably worried Tannebaum sets the rest of the cities Gun Shark population on them. Besieged on all sides by stone-cold killers out for their blood, the boys also have to deal with Tannebaum’s nightclub-singer turned crime-queen in the making girlfriend, Demi Octavo, and keep their informant "Nervous" Rex Monday alive.

When the dust settles and the last spent shell-casing hits the floor, it’s going to be either Tannebaum or the Gun Sharks left standing...

tags (add tags): action, based on comic book, Sci Fi

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posted: 12/02/2006 by Starbug comments | results | vote