Afterlife

Cool Assassins 3

Fiction - Science Fiction
407 Pages
Reviewed on 06/24/2023
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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite

Afterlife: Cool Assassins 3 by J.O. Quantaman is a science fiction thriller set in 2076, where people live in orbital biospheres called soupcans. The covert organization Dog Breakfast, with members like Marija, Nyssa, and Shepp, unveils a sinister sex trafficking operation in Los Angeles. This revelation initiates a journey to Ecuador, tracing a deep-seated crime network, with a crucial detour to Tijuana's Bar Nada. The team exploits this strip and fight club to replenish their dwindling resources, raising the fortune necessary for their mission. The road to Quinto is hard and hostile, and the group has the odds stacked against them and multiple enemies on their tails in a series of gritty underworld encounters and a fight against true evil in a pulsating narrative.

The combination of suspense, camaraderie, and good old-fashioned vigilantism is the icing on J.O. Quantaman's fast-paced novel Afterlife. The banter is witty and I ran out of space in the back of my “I need to remember that line” mind. An example of this is when the respected but injured Nyssa is in the midst of an interrogation and her fellow raiders are planning their next moves, but still hilariously heckling each other in the process. It's intelligent deadpan, and somewhere out in a parallel futuristic world, Aubrey Plaza is pleased. There's internal conflict beyond, you know, chasing the worst type of person imaginable. Romantic encounters pit the longing for the familiar against the new and shiny, giving a kick of emotional depth. There are also emojis, graphs, a glossary built right into the book, and excitement in spades. Very highly recommended.