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Nightmare City is well written. It captures interest almost immediately with Katya, our young thief on the run from her victim who intends to kill her. From there, she goes from the frying pan to the fire, as she gets mixed up in a world of mob bosses who are much more than what they appear to be. While the story has a strong heroine, everyone else seems entirely self serving, insane, or a zombie, until the final few pages.

The mob bosses were larger than life, one that reminded me of an ancient warrior, while the other was clearly a megalomaniac with the Herbert fetish for reanimation. I must take issue with the labels post-steampunk and Lovecraft adventure in regards to this story, while the labels surely help in searching, I have seen little evidence other than some tentacles and unexplained mechanisms, that either title applies. Part two may hold the key, so I will withhold my final decision until then.

My biggest issue, and why the story got three stars instead of four, is that the book just stopped as one story arc was winding down, and another was in full swing - just stopped. No more text, nothing there, just the authors information. I find more and more authors doing this, and along with those who create a trilogy out of a single book, I just wish the trend was away from this not toward it.

Other than the ending, the story was really quite good. I enjoyed it. I will see what happens in part two.


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Nightmare City From the World of the Atomic Sea Book 3 eBook Jack Conner Reviews

The story is set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future where city districts are run by gang leaders with tacit approval of city officials, who are, in turn, controlled by powerful alchemists. The main character is a young female thief who has decided to fight the corruption. As an adventure hero, she manages to go from one almost-impossibly difficult situitation to another - with something always turning up to save her at the last moment.
The story is well-written, and makes for exciting reading, apart from the mostly one dimensional characters. The book is not steampunk at all; there are no builders or tinkerers, the seting is not Victorian, and the only reference to steam technology is a few run-down "steam men" left over from earlier times. The technology seem to be biological in nature, with alchemists reviving corpses and turning humans into flying demons.
The book is exciting and a good read, just not what I expected.
A lot of reviews describe this book as "steampunk," which it may well be, albeit I am not familiar with steampunk, so I understand this story as set in a different world - the religious scheme is clearly not our world - during the (maybe) 1920s - there are cars and guns and crowded urban slums and something of a labor movement - where science has taken an odd turn - alchemy in place of chemistry and homunculi and "returners," which I understand to be something like Frankenstein's monster. In any event, Jack Conner has richly imagined his world and developed it with a level of detail that reminds me of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun.

Jack Conner, the author, is a superlative writer. His writing is engaging and captivating, drawing the reader into his interesting and mysterious world. As I write these words, I happen to be watching Penny Dreadful Season 1 [Blu-ray] via Instant Videos. It occurs to me that if you want a feel for the kind of world that Conner has imagined, that series is a good approximation. Contrariwise, if you liked that show, then you will probably enjoy being introduced to Lavorgna.

The storyline introduces Kat - a very small time thief who has gotten sideways with a gang in her hometown, the Fifth Ward of Upper Lavorgna. In her effort to flee she gets a ride from Death's Head Jack, who takes her to see Ravic, the chief boss of the Fifth Ward. Ravic agrees to provide Kat with protection, so long as she spies on a rival, who may have been sending alchemically created "haunts" into the Fifth Ward to terrorize and kill, and eventually to take over the Fifth Ward. Kat undertakes the mission and shows courage, pluck and intelligence in carrying out her mission.

I've been debating whether to describe this story as "young adult" - it does have a plucky character who makes a good role models - but I'm not sure that I would recommend a story where the main character is tossed into a sex harem, whose members are subject to vivisection, to (younger) young adults, albeit, to be fair, the horror of this is essentially implied rather than exploited. I would have no problem giving this story to my 16 and 17 year old daughters, albeit I might have been reluctant to give it to them at 12 or 13. (Of course, who am I kidding? One of them has been watching "Game of Thrones" since she was 14 and the actual depiction of gore and sex in that series is far, far worse than anything in this book. *Sigh*...parents will have to make their own judgment.)

This is a good adventure story with a fascinating setting. The reader should be forewarned that this is the first part of a two part novel, but the quality of the story is very good and I look forward to reading future instalments.
I had just read The War of the Moonstone an Epic Fantasy (The Song of the Broken World A Dark Fantasy Adventure Series) by Jack Conner (really great dark fantasy,) and wanted to see what else he had written so I picked this up. Actually, I'm not sure if this is really dark fantasy. It's more mystery/adventure, but on another world. Anyway, a really fun read. It gripped me from beginning to end. It's full of running from zombies, investigating evil mobsters and fighting monsters. There's a big H. P. Lovecraft influence in this book. I don't know how many readers know who Lovecraft is, but to me that's a good thing. It adds a sense of cosmic horror to Nightmare City.

Mainly, though, it's a light action novel, and the main character is fun. She's trying to stop this creepy kingpin from summoning an Elder God, more or less. Plus there's zombies and other things, such as ancient ruins, a zeppelin, and monsters with tentacles that eat your mind. Good stuff!

The world is neat. It had been a steampunk world, but now it's slowly changing into a more modern era, through there's alchemy and a few horse-drawn carriages. Also, there had been a war in the recent past and some of the buildings are bombed-out.

It was really exciting and different. Good popcorn entertainment. There's a little sex and gore in it, and it is kind of a horror novel in some ways, so not for kids.

Recommended!
Nightmare City is well written. It captures interest almost immediately with Katya, our young thief on the run from her victim who intends to kill her. From there, she goes from the frying pan to the fire, as she gets mixed up in a world of mob bosses who are much more than what they appear to be. While the story has a strong heroine, everyone else seems entirely self serving, insane, or a zombie, until the final few pages.

The mob bosses were larger than life, one that reminded me of an ancient warrior, while the other was clearly a megalomaniac with the Herbert fetish for reanimation. I must take issue with the labels post-steampunk and Lovecraft adventure in regards to this story, while the labels surely help in searching, I have seen little evidence other than some tentacles and unexplained mechanisms, that either title applies. Part two may hold the key, so I will withhold my final decision until then.

My biggest issue, and why the story got three stars instead of four, is that the book just stopped as one story arc was winding down, and another was in full swing - just stopped. No more text, nothing there, just the authors information. I find more and more authors doing this, and along with those who create a trilogy out of a single book, I just wish the trend was away from this not toward it.

Other than the ending, the story was really quite good. I enjoyed it. I will see what happens in part two.