Denver Moon: Metamorphosis (Short Story Prequel)

By Joshua Viola and Warren Hammond

A Short Story Prequel to Denver Moon: The Minds of Mars

Denver Moon is Mars’ top private eye. She works the tunnels of Mars City, a struggling colony ravaged by the mysterious red fever. Her latest client, Jard Calder, is demanding results. Someone is dismembering the pimp’s prostitutes and salvaging their body parts. But since

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hex Publishers LLC
• Release date: Jun 5, 2018
• ISBN: 9780999773697

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"Take the Mars of Total Recall, the cybertech of Ghost in the Shell, the noir of Blade Runner, the action of Cowboy Bebop, and accelerate them to twelve times Earth escape velocity, then you will find yourself with the pure awesome joy that is Denver Moon."

—Matthew Kressel, multiple Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award finalist

"Denver Moon: The Minds of Mars combines Blade Runner and the original Total Recall with a dash of old-school detective noir that is hard to put down and leaves the reader wanting more."

—IndieReader

"This is Mars done as well as Elton John did it, as well as John Carpenter did it, as well as Total Recall did it. Move over, Andy Weir. Step aside, John Carter. Denver Moon is swaggering into this red landscape, and her footprints in the dust, they're going to last a few generations, I'd say."

—Stephen Graham Jones, bestselling author of Mongrels and Mapping the Interior

A searing mystery with a superlative, gun-toting protagonist.

—Kirkus Reviews

"Denver Moon: The Minds of Mars is noir sci-fi at its best. A powerful story that is hard to put down and highly recommended for mystery and sci-fi fans alike."

—D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

"Crisp and compellingly told, Denver Moon is a high-tech, mystery-packed tale of our Mars-colonized tomorrow. Fans of Andy Weir and James S.A. Corey should take note."

—Jason Heller, Hugo-winning editor and author of Strange Stars

A tense story of a well-imagined Mars where belief is more powerful than a gun.

—Richard Kadrey, bestselling author of Metrophage and the Sandman Slim series

Enthralling action, a compelling mystery, and a uniquely gifted protagonist—all against the cyber-futuristic backdrop of a thoroughly bloodstained Mars. Denver Moon may be monochromatic, but by the time you’re through with her hard-boiled, A.I.-powered adventure you will have seen every shade of red there is.

—Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Locus and Hugo Award finalist

"With a richly imagined and well-balanced mixture of Mickey Spillane and Philip K. Dick,