Apocalypse Nyx
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
By the up-and-coming author of The Geek Feminist Revolution and God's War
Features the author's most popular character, Nyx, a female mercenary and assassin
Contains five previously uncollected novellas never before in print
Set in a Middle-Eastern-based postapocalyptic world ruled by women
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This gore-sodden collection centers on alcoholic mercenary Nyx (from Hurley's Bel Dame Apocrypha series), who lives in a post-apocalyptic world where metal is scarce and technology revolves around manipulating bugs. With a crew almost as messed up as herself, Nyx goes on a series of missions in the form of five stand-alone stories with similar themes of drunkenness, emotional numbness, and blood and gore, but no overarching plot. Nyx stumbles, purposeless, from one bad job to another, her motivations unclear since she seems apathetic about even her own survival. The world has the potential to be interesting with an apparently matriarchal society, an Islam-adjacent faith, and a unique take on technology but is largely unexplored in favor of graphic violence and Nyx's unhealthy preoccupation with sex. This is a poor introduction for anyone who isn't already fond of Nyx and her brand of vulgarity.
