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5.0
Read the older version, Steel Hearts, and it seems this collection has most of the stories from that edition. It’s a bunch of short stories which are definitely gritty and dark. It’s not the crimes and twists that grab you, excellent as they are, but the warmth of the prose and characters. They’re engaging, you want to spend time with them, even as they’re doing dodgy dealings.
It’s Denny the Dent who you root for the most - again. I first encountered the character in Beat to a Pulp’s Superhero’s anthology (a brilliant collection I can’t recommend enough) and here Pluck goes deeper and rips out your guts. I’m going to have to plunge into the collection of shorts about him Pluck put out a while ago.
A highly entertaining read worth your time.
It’s Denny the Dent who you root for the most - again. I first encountered the character in Beat to a Pulp’s Superhero’s anthology (a brilliant collection I can’t recommend enough) and here Pluck goes deeper and rips out your guts. I’m going to have to plunge into the collection of shorts about him Pluck put out a while ago.
A highly entertaining read worth your time.
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