Shadow City

Tales of the Shadow City, Book 1

De: Anna Mocikat

Narrado por: David Reimer, Jessica Weyman

Los Angeles is an apocalyptic wasteland.

Without orientation, Colton stumbles through the vast, deserted city. He doesn’t remember who he is or where he came from. Scavengers save his life from mutants and bring him to the only remaining inhabited area and safe Zone in former Hollywood.

There he learns that after a devastating catastrophe called The Glitch, reality shifted, allowing nightmarish creatures from another dimension to enter our world. These so-called Dark Ones feed on suffering and violence, wanting nothing less than the complete annihilation of humanity.

Colton discovers that he has extraordinary abilities and joins a league of unusual defenders: ex-cop Eric, female cyborg Bombshell, and Vincent, a mighty entity from another world disguised as a human soldier.

But the Dark Ones are evil beyond imagination, and with their ice-cold enforcer, the traitor Eurydice, they are a threat nearly impossible to overcome. Cunning and ruthless, Eurydice sets a ploy in action, which leads to the destruction of the Zone’s defenses weakening the tiny community from within. It’s up to Colton and his friends to take a desperate stand against the superior enemy and save what is left of humanity from extinction.

Fast-paced, action-driven, and cinematic–an eternal fight of good vs. evil told in a way as never before.

©2021 Anna Mocikat (P)2022 David N. Wilson

great setup for the sequel

the fight scenes where well written. You can feel the tension in the scenes so fantastically

Mesmerizing

The world has suffered “a glitch” or better known, an apocalyptic event in which vampires, demon-like creatures, and humans exist in small zones. The humans and vampires have formed an uneasy alliance, but the Dark ones seek total dominance and set out to attain it. However, Colton, Vincent, Eurydice, and a cyborg named Bombshell have other plans in store. Each one has their own agenda.

The author, Anna Mocikat, delivers a captivating story with several rich plot twists. The characters are well-developed, unique, and engaging. The connection being built between the characters is deliberate and awarding. As I look forward to hearing more from Mocikat.

The narrators, David Reimer and Jessica Weyman worked well together never interfering with one another’s performance. The unique voices they chose worked well with the characters and the story. Bombshell is a unique being that Weyman voiced and gave a riveting performance. Reimer also did well with Colton and others as he made them stand out so the listener could follow the story well.

Overall, I found the story amusing at times, edge of your seat at others but consistently I found the audiobook to be engrossing.

There were no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook, it was well done.

good story

really liked the story,but when it shifts to other characters you have to pay attention. kind of confusing

Dystopian Fantasy and survival

This was very enjoyable. I will say that the dialog mechanics took a little getting used to, and some of the segment transitions were a little clumsy, but the characters each spoke in their own "voice" so, you pick up on the author's (and narrator's) cadence fairly quickly.

The story itself is interesting. Set in a dystopian Hollywood future where magic, monsters, and mechanical beings all meld together to form a tale of sex, love, sacrifice, and the struggle to survive in a world where nothing is as it seems.

It is very reminiscent (to me) of the Deathlands Series (by "James Axler") in a lot of ways. Readers of Dystopian Fantasy and Dark Fantasy should like this book, it is similar to splatterpunk, but not quite. There are some erotic moments of the book, but not dwelled on.

Exciting read (or listen)

Shadow City is one of the few books that I haven’t read by Mocikat so I had to remedy that fact and I’m glad I did!

This book has so many elements that I loved. Set in an apocalyptic world filled with vampires, evil dark ones, and humans doing their best to survive, I was instantly drawn into this story.

I loved the multiple dimensions to this book. There was layer after layer of plot and intrigue, and even after finishing the book I know there is still more to find out.

I do have to say I can definitely see how Mocikat has improved over time. Although this book is incredible and gripping, there was a lot of head hopping and unclear point of view changes that left me a bit thrown off at times.

But that being said, this was an exciting read and I can’t wait to dive into book two!