Deadstock - Punktown, Bk 2 Author:Jeffrey Thomas Punktown, crime-ridden metropolis on the colony world, Oasis, is home to the scum of countless alien races. — Stalking its mean streets is Jeremy Stake, the private detective with chameleon-like abilities he does not want and cannot control. There's his wealthy client, Fukuda, whose company makes synthetic life forms a... more »s playthings for the rich. Then there's Fukuda's beautiful teenage daughter, whose priceless one-of-a-kind living doll has been stolen. And the doll itself, growing in size, intelligence, and and resentment.
Meanwhile, at an abandoned apartment complex with a dark history, a tough street gang and a band of mutant squatters have been trapped inside by bioengineered life forms mindlessly bent on destroying them like an infestation of vermin. The destinies of all these individuals will converge and collide, in Punktown« less
If you like William Gibson cyberpunk novels, you'll like this one. Less emphasis on computer technology, more about bio-engineering (gone very wrong, in this story). A gripping read.
This is the first book I read by Jeffrey Thomas and it won't be the last. A futuristic tale of a lost doll that grows, and a private eye that is hired to find the doll.