I give this book 5-stars.
[drug/alcohol, gambling, gangs, somewhat graphic violence, violence against women, murder, mature themes]
Dogs of DevTown by Taylor Hohulin is a thrilling ride through a dystopian future. Shan is a bounty hunter who will work for any mob boss as long as the boss pays in cash and uses a paper contract with her. Living in a dystopian world where everyone wants to get hooked up to the Net through a port in their necks and most are on the drug Oracle, Shan is unique in that she does neither. When one of her regular employers, Loxx, hires her to find one of his absent employees, she enters the underground turf of someone calling himself Sigma, who is even more powerful than any of the mob bosses she knows. Will she be able to finish the job for Loxx and walk away from the mystery she has glimpsed without looking back and triggering Sigma’s ire?
Dogs of DevTown was so good that I went back and checked the copyright page halfway through because I couldn’t believe a major publisher hadn’t released it. The theme that no man is an island rings especially true today when many people think they can shut themselves off from the rest of the world and survive alone. However, as was true in this book, once you try to live independently from the world, you may find your plans ruined by something your neighbor did. This may be an especially hard lesson for people like Shan, who only see how independent from the world they are, but the truth is she relied on others even when she thought she could take care of herself. I also enjoyed the message that sometimes the weakest people in our lives are the strongest in our moment of need. However, this book does not moralize. Taylor Hohulin filled his book instead with action and moments where the intensity is not a fistfight but a battle of strategy. I highly recommend this book!
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