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Fortress Manhattan
It is where the super-rich live, surrounded by the most expensive and ruthless security on the planet, living in luxury protected from the horrors of the world outside: the poor, the addicted, the mutated and the mutilated - the cyber-crazed, diseased denizens of the Badlands outside.
Johnny Raine host 'All the Way', the media-web's top-rated game show. Raine is under pressure to up the ante, to hold his lead by pushing the show to its deadly limits - and beyond.
With him are Jordan, his lover, a woman whose allure can be irresistible - or catastrophic; and Frank Brady chic sick photographer extraordinaire, a restless talent continually searching for new locations, new sensations, new temptations - and for whom the Badlands, with its myriad sordid secrets, beckons.
What links Johnny, Jordan and Brady may destroy the pampered inhabitants of Fortress Manhattan - and feed them to the ghouls waiting in the wastelands to graw on their bones.
For as cyberspace itself is infiltrated by occult forces and the nighttime streets of Manhattan are made bloody by an erotic mannequin of demonic power, Johnny prepares to face the most vicious challenge of all . . .
Johnny Raine host 'All the Way', the media-web's top-rated game show. Raine is under pressure to up the ante, to hold his lead by pushing the show to its deadly limits - and beyond.
With him are Jordan, his lover, a woman whose allure can be irresistible - or catastrophic; and Frank Brady chic sick photographer extraordinaire, a restless talent continually searching for new locations, new sensations, new temptations - and for whom the Badlands, with its myriad sordid secrets, beckons.
What links Johnny, Jordan and Brady may destroy the pampered inhabitants of Fortress Manhattan - and feed them to the ghouls waiting in the wastelands to graw on their bones.
For as cyberspace itself is infiltrated by occult forces and the nighttime streets of Manhattan are made bloody by an erotic mannequin of demonic power, Johnny prepares to face the most vicious challenge of all . . .
- GenresScience Fiction
320 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
David Callinan
32 books133 followersDavid Callinan is Anglo-Irish, born into a family from Limerick in the west of Ireland who grew up in the UK. After a spell at art school, early years saw a host of jobs from telegraphist to salesman – before discovering music. After busking all over Europe he rediscovered Irish music and formed The Spalpeens playing all over the UK, Europe and Ireland touring with The Dubliners, Sweeney's Men, The Chieftains and many others.
He appeared in films such as The Lion In Winter (Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn) and Sinful Davey (John Hurt) and scores of television advertisements (was even directed by the late, great John Huston).
Later, he formed Urban Clearway, touring and performing with artists such as Elton John, Billy Connolly, Rod Stewart and Long John Baldry.
He co-wrote a Celtic rock opera for the Edinburgh Festival. 'Pucka-Ri' starred a young Pierce Brosnan and became one of the hits of the Fringe, before transferring to the Arts Theatre in London.
Latterly, an earlier spacey, folk-rock album, Freedom's Lament, recorded by Callinan-Flynn, has emerged as a highly sought after title on the Internet – and new wave Irish chanteur Sean Tyrrell has recorded a number of his songs on recent albums.
He began to write seriously, producing a string of screenplays and novels, the first of which, 'Fortress Manhattan' was published by Gollancz (Orion) and the '10-Minute Miracle' by HarperCollins.
Current books include thrillers: 'The Immortality Plot'; 'Knife Edge'; 'Bodyswitch' and 'An Angel On My Shoulder'.
He has written the YA fantasy trilogy, 'The Kingdoms Of Time And Space' and a chapter series for 7-10 year olds, 'The Weather Kids'.
He appeared in films such as The Lion In Winter (Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn) and Sinful Davey (John Hurt) and scores of television advertisements (was even directed by the late, great John Huston).
Later, he formed Urban Clearway, touring and performing with artists such as Elton John, Billy Connolly, Rod Stewart and Long John Baldry.
He co-wrote a Celtic rock opera for the Edinburgh Festival. 'Pucka-Ri' starred a young Pierce Brosnan and became one of the hits of the Fringe, before transferring to the Arts Theatre in London.
Latterly, an earlier spacey, folk-rock album, Freedom's Lament, recorded by Callinan-Flynn, has emerged as a highly sought after title on the Internet – and new wave Irish chanteur Sean Tyrrell has recorded a number of his songs on recent albums.
He began to write seriously, producing a string of screenplays and novels, the first of which, 'Fortress Manhattan' was published by Gollancz (Orion) and the '10-Minute Miracle' by HarperCollins.
Current books include thrillers: 'The Immortality Plot'; 'Knife Edge'; 'Bodyswitch' and 'An Angel On My Shoulder'.
He has written the YA fantasy trilogy, 'The Kingdoms Of Time And Space' and a chapter series for 7-10 year olds, 'The Weather Kids'.
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February 12, 2013Yes, Lee, I finished it. I finished this book. If anyone else can finish this book I'll give them a certificate. It will read "Congratulations, you have just wasted some of your life reading this book!"
Fave line:
"She rode him like a stallion in the moonlight."
Amazon says:
"Fortress Manhattan: home of the super-rich, surrounded by an expensive and ruthless security force. The inhabitants live in luxury, protected from the cyber-crazed, diseased denizens of the Badlands outside. But three individuals are linked by a fate that may bring an end to the pampered lifestyle."
Sounds awesome, that's what someone thought so they bought it. Then they challenged me to read it and I accepted. Why? Why did I do that? The characters are hateful, the plot is missing presumed dead, and the menace that stalks the main people is just so badly described I ended up laughing out loud. A man and woman, lovers, meet an artist who has some kind of robot/human piece of art that has many cameras about its body. As it shuffles around chasing after the man and woman it apparently make a sinister whhhiiir click noise. The sound of a camera automatically winding on, which is only audible to the person pushing the button of a regular camera. A sound is not sinister if the people being chased can't hear it.
I may come back and edit this review as hating this book is amusing to me, I might remember more bad lines, but they were mostly in the sex scenes:
"... experienced a gut-wrenching orgasm..."
Ouch, that sounds painful! Date I finished this book, not soon enough :(
Fave line:
"She rode him like a stallion in the moonlight."
Amazon says:
"Fortress Manhattan: home of the super-rich, surrounded by an expensive and ruthless security force. The inhabitants live in luxury, protected from the cyber-crazed, diseased denizens of the Badlands outside. But three individuals are linked by a fate that may bring an end to the pampered lifestyle."
Sounds awesome, that's what someone thought so they bought it. Then they challenged me to read it and I accepted. Why? Why did I do that? The characters are hateful, the plot is missing presumed dead, and the menace that stalks the main people is just so badly described I ended up laughing out loud. A man and woman, lovers, meet an artist who has some kind of robot/human piece of art that has many cameras about its body. As it shuffles around chasing after the man and woman it apparently make a sinister whhhiiir click noise. The sound of a camera automatically winding on, which is only audible to the person pushing the button of a regular camera. A sound is not sinister if the people being chased can't hear it.
I may come back and edit this review as hating this book is amusing to me, I might remember more bad lines, but they were mostly in the sex scenes:
"... experienced a gut-wrenching orgasm..."
Ouch, that sounds painful! Date I finished this book, not soon enough :(
February 2, 2015
I liked the world.
The world is not enough.
The world is not enough.
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