Red Streets (The Chinese Curse book 3)

…and then it was too late. The fuse which had been sputtering all the sweltering summer reached its end and violent chaos erupted in the city monads all across the Greater United States.

Big questions: what is justice for the oppressed population of Uplifts? What is simply revenge? Multiple forces vie to channel the chaos toward different ends, ranging from restoring the status quo to genocide.

How much do those big questions matter when you’re just a Los Angeles Monad police detective?

Uplift detective Carl Siam’s new position as an Internal Security Force mole within the Uplift Revolutionary Movement is meaningless. He’s a tiny pawn who didn’t learn anything before the balloon went up — but will his ISF superiors accept that?

Uplift detective Ian Campbell and his partner Manny are caught out in the city as shockingly powerful weapons come out of hiding, unable to even protect themselves, let alone those they are sworn to protect and serve.

Can anything like justice or sanity come out of this? Or will the competing forces drag everything and everyone down to ruin? 

A new novel by G. S. Cole and N. C. Shapero, this is the third book of the Chinese Curse series. Cover art by Christina Hanson. Trade paperback, 352 pages.