The actual story of Krokodil v Seth wasn’t as engaging and with its focus on demon action felt more like something from a twisted World of Darkness novel rather than what I was wanting to explore in the Dark Future setting. In fact, my favorite chapters were the ones about media news outlets broadcasting events around the world. Jack Yeovil, again a pen name for Kim Newman, loves pop culture references, so there’s a lot to spot. Jessamyn, herself a cyborg, ends up a vassal for some spiritual force becoming an ultimate weapon of sorts…Krokodil. Last surviving member of the Psychopomps street gang, Jessamyn ‘ Jazzbeaux‘ Bonney, is on the run from Nguyen Seth’s minions – a Californian surfer Op, a serial killer that’s a parody of Hannibal Lector, and some outer dimensional Lovecraftian beast. Krokodil Tears actually takes place after the events in the Route 666 Anthology, but prior to the previous book in the cycle, Demon Download. It’s not that it was bad, but there wasn’t too much in the way of Sanctioned Ops vs Gangcults vs US Road Cavalry action. To be honest, this one took me a little longer to get through as it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for in a Dark Future tale. I recently finished off the second book in Jack Yeovil’s Demon Download cycle.
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