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Cargando... Corporate Gunslinger: A Novelpor Doug Engstrom
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A very enjoyable read with all the right elements to keep one's interest peaked. I liked the main character and found myself rooting for her all the way. Highly recommended. ( ) A solid, thought-provoking alternate-near-future novel where impossibly-high student loan or medical debts are settled by duels, with professional gunfighters on the payroll of insurance companies up against ordinary citizens whose lives have come down to a hard choice between indentured servitude (slavery) or the bad odds of a gunfight. Lots of meaty discussion, reflection, and commentary on the idea of personal responsibility, corporate greed, societal mores, and individual powerlessness. It's a brutal, ugly dystopia envisioned here, but a compelling read. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Doug Engstrom imagines a future all too terrifying--and all too possible--in this eerie, dystopic speculative fiction debut about corporate greed, debt slavery, and gun violence that is as intense and dark as Stephen King's The Long Walk. Like many Americans in the middle of the 21st century, aspiring actress Kira Clark is in debt. She financed her drama education with loans secured by a "lifetime services contract." If she defaults, her creditors will control every aspect of her life. Behind on her payments and facing foreclosure, Kira reluctantly accepts a large signing bonus to become a corporate gunfighter for TKC Insurance. After a year of training, she will take her place on the dueling fields that have become the final, lethal stop in the American legal system. Putting her MFA in acting to work, Kira takes on the persona of a cold, intimidating gunslinger known as "Death's Angel." But just as she becomes the most feared gunfighter in TKC's stable, she's severely wounded during a duel on live video, shattering her aura of invincibility. A series of devastating setbacks follow, forcing Kira to face the truth about her life and what she's become. When the opportunity to fight another professional for a huge purse arises, Kira sees it as a chance to buy a new life . . . or die trying. Structured around a chilling duel, Corporate Gunslinger is a modern satire that forces us to confront the growing inequalities in our society and our penchant for guns and bloodshed, as well as offering a visceral look at where we may be heading--far sooner than we know. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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