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Code Noir (Parrish Plessis)

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The Tert War (see NYLON ANGEL) is over and active participants like Parrish Plessis must find a new niche or die. Parrish seems to have adapted having made a success of herself in the post war era as a warlord though she also is a criminal. However, much of what she achieves she owes to the Cabal Coomera who suddenly calls in her blood debt; failure to do their bidding means her blood pays the debt.

The Cabal tasks her with finding their abducted, probably dead, shamans who have gone missing, uncover the identity of the culprit, and kill Loyl me Daac who connects the dots at least in their logic system. The first part of the tasking is simple enough though she fears the reaction of the lethal membership if she brings back a corpse or two. The second chore requires some sleuthing also, but she feels confident she can achieve the objective. However their final assignment is a bit more personal as Loyl me Daac is her former lover whom she still cares about as much as she can anyone, but also in some ways loathes.

The second Plessis' post-apocalypse thriller stars a female "Mad Maxine" in a world filled with nasty individuals who abuse power supporting Voltaire's philosophy about institutions. The gripping story line is much darker and grittier than the first tale as the societal divides emphasizes class, species, and authority differences in which power is everything. The heroine is a terrific protagonist as she keeps the tale focused in her efforts to walk a thin line where a misstep means death.

Harriet Klausner

Code Noir Is The second Novel of the Parrish Plessis Series. In Code Noir we Find Parrish dealing with rewards and consequences of her actions from the last Novel. She finds she has little time to relax as Debts are owed to and from her as she soon discovers. and Several loose ends from the last novel are still relatively loose in this sequel. This time Parrish has not only her life to worry about but her very sense of self. Code Noir still has the same feel as the last Novel but is a little more focused in the story telling. despite this I am waiting to see what happens next.

What can I say, I love heroines who live on the edge. What an edge it is. Journey into the land of DNA gone made. People sell their own skins for money, want to guess what they will do to you?. A world so toxic that it doesnt need an army, because a stranger is not likely to survive in its normal mode.

Love that kills and alien infestions, debts owed to mystic cabals. Strange mutated critters find Parrish a sucker and save her life.

I am not telling the story; if this doesnt intrigue you, this isnt the book for you.

After a violent conflict over the Tert, Parrish comes out the other side somewhat successful. She is now a boss in her own right, with her own income stream and people that want to work for her.

There is still the higher level situation to deal with, and again the machinations of others involve her as he goes on a hazardous mission to Dis, where genetic experimentation and what, if anything, is sharing her body drive her to finding out what is going on.

She has to work out if she is a saviour, or not.