Cimmerian City [Paperback]

Rae Lindley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 2007

Today, corporations are the new aristocracy. A laundry list of side effects accompanies almost every new drug introduced on the market. What if these side effects changed us? Imagine waking up in a futuristic world were corporations are the new aristocracy. The world has been divided into 2 hemispheres and 2 races: Humans and quick tough skinned vampire-like creatures that are children of the side effects of 20th century pharmaceutical experiments...Dracins. Imagine dying as a human...and waking up as something else. This is the life of Raven Blackheart, a formerly bored college student turned agent for the Tech Corporation, the largest corporate entity in the Western Hemisphere. Vice President Tyler Deamond, directs Raven as a go between and the last hope for the unification of Humans and Dracins. As deaths start occurring within the corporation headquarters, Raven notices someone is working their way up the food chain. Alliances are questioned as Deamond's intentions aren't quite as noble as they seem. A figure emerges from Raven's past who may have all the answers to the disappearance of her father... Cimmerian City is a futuristic sci-fi thriller where government has become big business, pharmaceuticals carry a veil of ghastly side effects and a third world war is brewing between the two races. Relax...It's just the 21st century.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...an utterly unstoppable tale which latches on to the reader from the first sentences, then sets a death-defying pace through realms known and unknown, flying the reader through plot twists and turns, character delineations, and theme."

-Annie Haws of Wild Child Publishing

"CIMMERIAN CITY is very appropriate for a world where corporations and pharmaceutical companies seem to be pushing for control of governments and the world, for money...

"...frightening because it is so close to home."

--alice Holman of The RAWSISTAZ(TM) Reviewers

"With a rich cast of compelling characters and enough action to keep you checking your pulse, this story of deceit, greed, treachery, and ultimate redemption deserves to take its rightful place alongside the best that Tom Clancy or James Patterson could ever offer."

- Theresa Logan of 'Apex Reviews'

"This is one story that has a high impact punch, a great plot that is fast paced and so intriguing that you cannot put this one down. Within the covers of this book you will discover a variety of crisis which is in the minds of everyone including global warming, war, violence, pollution, medical, pharmaceuticals and economical issues.

...highly recommended read and a definite 5 stars."

-Terry South of 'Quality Book Reviews'

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Lavender Isis Press (October 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979367476
• ISBN-13: 978-0979367472
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,185,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Dark Fantasy

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewed for Between Your Sheets .com, December 20, 2007

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Mira Morgan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cimmerian City (Paperback)

Cimmerian City

By: Rae Lindley

Raven Blackheart was a girl with a quick temper who could take care of herself. Then her world changed forever. Witnessing the death of her significant other, and being murdered was a bad start. Then she finds herself living in a desperate future, nothing but a pawn of Tech Corporation, one of the factions who want to control the earth. She doesn't know if there is anyone left she can trust. A job that forces her to assassinate the vampire-like Dracins, another race Tech Corp sees as the competition makes her uncertain if she has a good reason to live.

Russell Li had been a part of that monster corporation controlling Raven's existence. He walked away when he saw the truth of what was coming. Now he must help Raven realize her mission and her boss, Tyler Deamond, aren't what they seem. She must learn to control her rage if she is to survive and keep her sanity. He finds her a teacher, and through those lessons, a new reason to fight emerges in Raven's life. The question is what will she lose while she tries to help save her world?

This book about an alternative reality fascinates because it is so believable. Dealing candidly with issues like racism, corruption, betrayal, and what we build our dreams on, Rae Lindley writes with a very dark edge. This urban fantasy frightens and makes you think as you read. In Raven we have a flawed heroine, conflicted, confused, and struggling to make sense of the unthinkable. Those very flaws make the reader root for her as she searches for the bitter truth. A complex setting, dozens of intriguing secondary characters, and the possibility of love among the ruins of a future earth make this a book you don't put down. As the first of a series, Cimmerian City holds the promise of a dangerous future, and books that leave us wanting more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Home Grown Species, November 15, 2007

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Jennifer Coissiere "The Tough Critic"... (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cimmerian City (Paperback)

For many years, we have heard how scientists have been able to clone sheep, but who knows what other things they are capable of doing? How often have you considered being a tester for a new drug? You know nothing of the side effects or the real truth behind the making of the drug, just what you have been told. You might not want to try anything again after reading Rae Lindley's Cimmerian City Book 1 In The Cimmerian Series.

The year is 2010, Raven Blackheart has awakened from a serious battle that almost cost her, her life, but thanks to a mysterious person, she is saved. Raven notices that so much has taken place over the years when she was asleep. The most noticeable change is the vampire-like creatures walking among the humans. Dracins are the products of a pharmaceutical experiment, gone bad.

Raven begins working for the Tech Corporation. Tyler Deamond thinks that Raven can serve as a mediator between the humans and the Dracins, and restore peace between the two species. The number of deaths begins to increase and Raven realizes someone is out for more than they are telling.

Cimmerian City is a great look at what the future may possibly entail. This sci-fi read would be a great movie or television series. It has some great action scenes and the characters are revealed slowly, which adds a bit of mystery to the storyline. It kept me wanting to know more, causing me to read until I had completed it. Lindley created an action-packed, fast-paced, new world in this series. I recommend it to readers who love sci-fi.

Jennifer Coissiere
APOOO BookClub

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun SciFi-Vamp Story, October 16, 2007

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SciFiChick "The SciFiChick" (Fishers, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cimmerian City (Paperback)

Raven Blackheart and her boyfriend are viciously attacked, while walking the streets one night. As Raven's boyfriend dies in front her, she is next to be stabbed. But 10 years later, Raven wakes up. And she's no longer the same person she once was. The people who found her dying, saved her by changing her into a hybrid. Now, Raven is half human and half Dracin, a vampire-like race. There has been a war brewing between the two races. And Tech Corporation is hoping to use Raven to gain the upper hand.

This is the first in a series planned by Lindley, and Raven's changed nature isn't fully explored yet. But this is a fairly short book, and we mostly just watch as Raven tries to get a handle on the changes not only in her but in the world around her. With a bit of espionage and mystery, Cimmerian City is a short, fun read absent of the violence, gore, and heavy romance that many vampire novels seem to spout.