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No Dogs in Philly

By Andy Futuro
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In the neon-drenched streets of a crumbling Philadelphia, a relentless PI hunts for truth among monsters, ancient gods, and corrupted tech.

Welcome to a world where cyberpunk technology collides with Lovecraftian horror. When alien deities stalk the shadows and bioengineered nightmares rule the night, private investigator Saru Solan gets pulled into a labyrinth of secrets, betrayal, and eldritch terror.

Plunge into a cyberpunk noir filled with futuristic urban horror, grotesque mutants, and a city overrun by both technology and madness. Navigate the underbelly of dystopian Philadelphia alongside a hardened female detective battling not just the criminal elements—but the very fabric of reality itself.

Perfect for fans of Blade Runner's grit, Lovecraft's cosmic horror, and Sin City's sharp-edged noir. If you crave dark metaphysical thrillers, eldritch monsters, and a heroine who won't quit, this is your next obsession.

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Hoarding Wyrm

Created over 1 year ago
“2.5/5 ⭐️, because the potential was absolutely there. It just had no idea what to do with it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ This one was a real disappointment. I downloaded it for free based on the blurb: a dark noir detective story set in a distant future where people have tech body modifications and can upload their minds to the Net, featuring a grim, world-weary detective and a woman determined to hold her own, hired by gods(?) to track down a girl with unnaturally blue eyes. That premise had so much potential. What I actually got was a graphic body horror, a heavy and largely negative fixation on sex, and a final 50 pages that had me genuinely asking “where on earth is this plot going?”.”
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Jenelle

Created about 5 years ago
“I liked this alright. I really enjoyed the world and the technology and whatnot. But I thought this was a detective novel? The main character is a detective...but she doesn't really do any detecting. Information just lands in her lap...heck, she doesn't even recognize her own name? Nice detective work.... I did really like the science fiction part of this book and the characters were okay. There is a sequel, but I don't know that I'll bother. I felt like this story was finished up, I'm not sure what a sequel could add. Mostly I'm just annoyed that this science fiction book wasn't a mystery lol”
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Dave Loeff

Created about 10 years ago
“Creeped Out   [spoiler] I picked up a copy for free on Amazon.  This book has more than 50 reviews, many quite positive. It's the author's only Amazon entry and the first of a series.   It lives up to its claim of being Lovecraftian cyberpunk noir. The detective noir is well realized, the cyberpunk, appropriate. As for the Lovecraftian bits … well, they creeped me out.   Our heroine, Saru, like many noir detectives, makes steady use of whatever alcohol she carries or comes across. She thinks this makes it more difficult to hack her implants. But it doesn't work. She's prone to odd blackouts and dysphoria. But that's understandable. What's attacking her is not of this world, and it wants to incorporate her, along with the multitude it already has.   This dismal dystopian story is creepier than a Bosch Hell and as conventional as psychotic delusions:   "Looking at his kindly old Santa Claus face it was almost impossible to imagine that he had just shot wires into her neck and sucked out her blood, that he was talking to her above a pit full of thousands of bodies in front of the cathedral of an alien death cult … "   If you like this sort of thing, you'll probably enjoy this book. SPOILER ALERT: It doesn't end like a detective story but in a literal Deus Ex Machina. [/spoiler]”

About Andy Futuro

Andy Futuro is an American writer of speculative fiction, which has been variously categorized science fiction, cyberpunk, horror, noir, metaphysical, absurdist, and dystopian. Futuro's Special Sin series follows a strong female protagonist as she battles aliens, AIs, clones, corporations, psychics, and mutants, on a quest to avert the apocalypse. Futuro's influences include Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, H.P. Lovecraft, Neal Stephenson, Stephen King, Alan Moore, Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, and Hugh Howey. Futuro seeks out and devours the best new books on Amazon, especially dark, gritty, and weird stories. His favorite pastime is browsing free books by indie authors and discovering future classics. When he isn't writing or reading, he is preparing for the alien invasion.

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