Nanoshock Quotes

“the briefest flash of pale, pale ice over a thin-boned shoulder. Neon caught the red lotus splayed on her elbow and lit it on fire.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“...as my fist drove through her ribs. Bone cracked. Shifted. The numbers in my optics hit steel-bending digits and Muerte lost her footing. My meat flagged, but the arm Orchard had fixed up and the shoulder girdle she’d strengthened didn’t.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Reed had once warned that brains were untrustworthy – that like any computer, they could be hacked.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“For a strained moment, I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t hear anything but the shattered pulse of a hammered artery struggling to keep up; fury carved in stinging wasps.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Tears of pain are as regular as blood and piss.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“was half out the door when the chipset installed at the base of my skull thrummed; a haptic tap, like a finger poking at the top of my spine. A projected call, right to my personal frequency.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Any children born within the city are squeezed out with the standard nano package. It’s programmed in, parent to kid. First thing they do is carve a Security Identification Number into the fetal brain, upload that data to the system.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock