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A review by pwbalto
Guardian by Alex London
5.0
The second book in the Proxy trilogy had me worried. Proxy was an overthrow novel, a book about an unfair government being taken down by a ragtag band of desperate fugitives. Lots of Big Think, plus lots of chases! How do you follow that up?
Wow, though. Guardian is what happens when the oligarchs have been overthrown and the Maoists take over. Sort-of-Maoists. Let's not split hairs. Maoists. And man, you think oligarchs are fun enemies - ain't nobody you want to see get their teeth stove in like a Maoist.
The action is just as fast. The Think is just as big. And I swear, I was really impressed by Alexander London's depiction and explanations of institutionalized economic injustice in Proxy, but now I am convinced that what he knows most about is postcolonial trauma. Amazing.
Wow, though. Guardian is what happens when the oligarchs have been overthrown and the Maoists take over. Sort-of-Maoists. Let's not split hairs. Maoists. And man, you think oligarchs are fun enemies - ain't nobody you want to see get their teeth stove in like a Maoist.
The action is just as fast. The Think is just as big. And I swear, I was really impressed by Alexander London's depiction and explanations of institutionalized economic injustice in Proxy, but now I am convinced that what he knows most about is postcolonial trauma. Amazing.