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    Heavy Metal Pulp: The Bloodstained Man: Netherworld Book Two

    By Christopher Rowley

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    Presenting Heavy Metal Pulp, a new line of novels combining noir fiction with fantastic art featuring the theme, story lines, and graphic styles of Heavy Metal magazine.

    Following the explosive events of book one, Pleasure Model, Detective Rook Venner, Mistress Julia, and Plesur are on the run from the government troops trying to kill them and from a shadowy group that wants to capture Plesur alive for its own purposes. What secrets have been implanted in Plesur's head—and why are they worth killing for?

    Caught between these two powerful rivals, the trio hides out in the lawless New Jersey territory. Betrayed by gang members looking to collect the bounty on Plesur's head, the three are separated, and Rook and Mistress Julia find themselves in mortal danger. Julia, given as a prize to a gang member, finds herself in chains, but not without her own means of fighting back. Rook, forced to fight for his life in the gang's bloodthirsty gladiatorial games, must stay alive long enough to rescue Plesur, but time is running out.

    The Bloodstained Man is a fast-paced, adrenaline-filled ride through a future where pleasure has a price, and Plesur holds the key to a secret that could rock the country to its very core.



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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJun 8, 2010
    ISBN9781429949040
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    Heavy Metal Pulp: The Bloodstained Man: Netherworld Book Two
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    Christopher Rowley

    Christopher Rowley is a prolific science fiction and fantasy writer, author of Bazil Broketail and Starhammer, which has been cited as an important literary influence in the creation of Halo by Bungie Studios. Rowley wrote Arkham Woods for Seven Seas and the Netherworld trilogy for Tor Books. Rowley lives in Hudson Valley, New York.

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    • 5/5
      "The Bloodstained Man" is the second book in the Netherworld trilogy. Reading this book is akin to watching an action-packed science fiction movie. It's a few decades into the future and much of the country is in ruins - or at least most of New Jersey. Other areas have protected, insured cities, but Jersey is run by cutthroat gangs and swamps there are filled with alligators. Most of it is utter wasteland.
      The main characters of this series include a policeman-Rook Venner, a dominatrix- Julia, and a pleasure mod who is so fresh out of the box that she is merely called Plesur. A mod is a kind of genetically engineered, factory grown person who is designed for giving its owner pleasure. They are generally barely intellectually functioning but often can get upgrades and abilities. These three, in any event, are on the run from warring forces who will stop at nothing to get info embedded in Plesur somewhere.

      The story is a crazy science fiction action sequence that is filled with caged death matches, robot monsters, armed militias, and a world much like that found in Gibson's Mad Max movies.
      There are few books you will read that feel so much like a live action movie. And it is clearly an R-rated movie.

      Although it was not necessary to read book one to enjoy this one, it appears book three is necessary to bring it all to a conclusion.
    • 3/5
      The Bloodstained ManAuthor: Christopher RowleyPublisher: TorPublished In: New York City, NYDate: 2010Pgs: 254REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERSSummary:Detective Rook Venner, Mistress Julia, and Plesur are on the run from everyone. Plesur knows something. Something worth killing for, worth kidnapping for, worth mayhem and destruction on a wide scale. Out of the cities into the wild uninsured lands where anarchy reigns. A price on their heads brings out the worst in their fellow man. Gladiator games, sex slavery...welcome to uninsured New Jersey in this dark, post apocalyptic future. The clock is ticking they have to find out what is hidden in Plesur’s head before all those people chasing them catch up...and kill them.Genre:AdventureApocalypseDisasterEnd of the WorldFictionScience fictionThrillersWarWhy this book:Cause I read and liked Part One.______________________________________________________________________________Favorite Character:Rook Veneer...all the way up until the telegraphed, brainwashed ending.Plesur as the earbacks jack up the IQ and abilities of her controlling AI.The Feel:The flavor is part The Running Man and part Blade Runner.Favorite Scene:All the car chases, rockets, helicopters, motorcycles.The fight club to the death, gladiator on the rooftops in uninsured New Jersey with the loser tossed to the gator swamp below.Pacing:The pace is good. I went through the book at a good clip.Plot Holes/Out of Character:Wish it hadn’t ended like it did.Hmm Moments:The idea of an America divided into “America” and the uninsured areas where anarchy reigns. Wow!The intimate scene with Rook and Plesur. Woof!Cuatomoc reminds me of Dynamo from The Running Man.Why isn’t there a screenplay?Might make a bad assed Syfy movie or mini. Not sure it would convert to the big screen.Casting call:Liam Neeson could totally be Detective Rook Veneer. Michael Madsen is getting old, but he could’ve done it. Maybe Tim Roth.And obviously, Pamela Anderson as all the Plesur model AIs. Taylor Momsen. Jessica Simpson.______________________________________________________________________________Last Page Sound:That’s a horrible spot to end this...and telegraphed as all get out.Author Assessment:Love the story, but I wish it would have ended on a different note.Editorial Assessment:Well edited, just wish an editor had asked about the way it ended.Knee Jerk Reaction:glad I read itDisposition of Book:Keeper, at least until I read the last book of the trilogy.Would recommend to:genre fans____________________________________________________________________________Errata: The Blade Runner elements carry over from the first book with The Running Man nods popping up here. There was a bit of Deathrace in here too.
    • 4/5
      Second book in the three part series. In this volume we get a good look at the uninsured world versus the insured world as the characters are forced to tread outside the confines of civilized space. We see new players come onto the scene and some twists with older ones. The story is very fast paced and it is a quick read but definitely a fun one. The story ends on a huge cliffhanger to set you up for that third novel.
    • 3/5
      This series is exactly what it claims to be, a pulp crime novel set in the future. If you like hard-boiled noir, where manly men and sexy women are pursued by bad guys with big guns there's no reason to think you won't like this. There is less sex in the series than the cover art might lead one to expect. I was annoyed but not surprised by the racial stereotypes. We can do better than this, people.