Shovel ready
By: Adam Sternbergh
Series: Spademan -- 1
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781472214676; 9781472214690
Subjects: Assassins; Fiction
Description: Spademan used to be a garbage man. That was before the dirty bomb hit Times Square, before his wife was killed, before New York became a burnt-out shell. Now the wealthy spend their days tapped into virtual reality; the rest have to fend for themselves in the streets. So he became a hit man. He doesn't ask questions, he works quickly, and he's handy with a box-cutter. When he's hired to kill the daughter of a high-profile evangelist, Spademan's life is upended. He will have to navigate two worlds - both the slick fantasy and the wasteland reality - to finish the job, clear his conscience, and make sure he's not the one who winds up in the ground.