Strontium Dog #4: Day of the Dogs

Strontium Dog novels #4

by Andrew Cartmel

Johnny Alpha and Middenface McNulty chase escaped felon Identi Kit across Miltonia - the only planet where mutants are the majority and norms the mistrusted minority. But, when their quarry has the power to steal other mutants' identities, nothing is, as it appears to be. The stakes keep rising, as Johnny and Middenface discover that Kit's web of treachery leads right up to Miltonia's President, their old comrade the Torso From Newcastle - and their manhunt becomes a civil war.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Kurt Rackman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, without being especially great or terrible

This is a western themed Strontium Dog story with the fan favourite Johnny - Middenface pairing putting together a seven-strong posse to fulfil a revenge mission for easy-going billionaire Asdoel Zo who has lost his family to a classic western cutthroat preacher man named Tarkettle.

At least that's how the story starts. It then plods along fairly familiar and generally predictable paths until the 'big twist' which you can see coming like a storm cloud across an empty prairie.

A journeyman SD story which is worth reading for completion's sake but not the outstanding book in the series by any means.