''Nylon Angel'' is a postcyberpunk novel by science fiction author

Marianne de Pierres Marianne de Pierres (born 1961) is an Australian science fiction author. Born in Western Australia, she finished her undergraduate studies at Curtin University in Perth and later studied a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and P ...

Plot summary

The story is set in post-apocalyptic Australia, around a city called the Tert. There, a bounty hunter/

bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...

named Parrish Plessis has ended up working for a ganglord called Jamon Mondo. She wants out, and her answer arrives in the form of two men wanted in connection with the killing of a journalist called Razz Retribution (In this world, the army, churches and the government have given up on the world, so it is now ruled by the media). The story is divided between the Tert, a rundown slum reminiscent of Mega-City One, and Viva City (a pun on the word vivacity), a walled suburb some forty kilometres up the coast.

Adaptations

A role playing game based on the series has been created by White Mice Worldbuilding.

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2004 novels 2004 science fiction novels Australian science fiction novels Postcyberpunk novels Novels set in Australia Orbit Books books {{2000s-sf-novel-stub