Review: A Cyber-Punch
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
The Meat Market was my first foray into Cyberpunk Sci-fi. I was immediately immersed in the story. The setting was hard edged and dark; Sanctity was a place that offered no sympathy or safety for those living there.The main character Jonathan Harkon, luckily for him, has a reinforced skeletal frame which comes in handy quite a bit as he deals with the dark underbelly of Sanctity's religious fanatics.The religious element made me squirm somewhat. Some of the descriptions were hard core and graphic. But with a title like The Meat Market the unfolding story wasn't going to be a sweet and pleasant ride. The 'Flesh Dolls' stunned me the most, especially their origins. It made me consider just how awry mis-use of cloning could go and what terrible results could be born from it. This is a story of human nature, depravity and power. It states clearly that the future isn't better because it is centuries away from where we are, today. It might just be worse because with more power, technology and the fight for dominance mankind can easily lose the harness of control and create new nightmares.