36 Streets, T. R. Napper
36 Streets, T. R. Napper
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36 Streets

Author: T. R. Napper

Narrator: Katherine Littrell

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2022

Synopsis

Altered Carbon and The Wind-Up Girl meet Apocalypse Now in this fast-paced, intelligent, action-driven cyberpunk, probing questions of memory, identity, and the power of narratives.Lin “The Silent One” Vu is a gangster and sometime private investigator living in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider.Through grit and courage Lin has carved a place for herself in the Vietnamese underworld where Hanoi’s crime boss, Bao Nguyen, is training her to fight and lead. Bao drives her hard; on the streets there are no second chances. Meanwhile the people of Hanoi are succumbing to Fat Victory—a dangerously addictive immersive simulation of the US-Vietnam war.When an Englishman comes to Hanoi on the trail of his friend’s murderer, Lin’s life is turned upside down. She is drawn into the grand conspiracies of the neon gods—of regimes and mega-corporations—as they unleash dangerous new technologies.Lin must confront the immutable moral calculus of unjust wars. She must choose: Family, country, or gang. Blood, truth, or redemption. No choice is easy on the 36 Streets.

About T. R. Napper

T. R. Napper is a multi-award-winning author, including the Aurealis for best short story. His work has appeared in annual “Year’s Best” anthologies, and he has been published in respected genre magazines in the US, the UK, Israel, Austria, Australia, Singapore, and Vietnam. His short story collection, Neon Leviathan, is out now, and his debut novel will be published by Titan Books in January 2022.

About Katherine Littrell

Katherine Littrell is a Sydney-based audiobook narrator who studied English literature at Bryn Mawr College. She has lived in the United States and the U.K. but is glad to be back home in Australia, where she enjoys knitting, making furniture, and talking out loud to herself in small spaces.

Reviews

Goodreads review by T.R.

I won't review my own novel, which would be a little over-the-top, to say the least. Rather, I thought I'd share Richard (Altered Carbon) Morgan's completely over-the-top praise. We used part of his quote on the front cover, but the full quote is so long the publisher couldn't fit it even on the ins......more

Goodreads review by James

36 Streets is an intense and violent cyberpunk thriller that's set in a futuristic Vietnam and mainly follows the point of view perspective of the 24-year-old gangster and formidable martial artist, Lin Thi Vu - "the silent one". In 36 Streets, Napper has created an engaging, vibrant, and deadly vis......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange)

4.0 Stars This was a wonderfully engaging piece of cyberpunk fiction. Normally this is not my favourite subgenre of science fiction so it takes a special book to grab my attention. This book was the right balance between characters and action. I loved the main character, Lin, who was an unlikeable mo......more

Goodreads review by Nick

Cyberpunk is a subgenre that I don't get a chance to delve into much. It's not that I don't enjoy it, but for some reason books that fall into this category rarely come across my radar. I really enjoyed T.R. Napper's short story collection Neon Leviathan, so when I heard he had a brand new full-leng......more

Quotes

“Raw and raging and passionate, this is cyberpunk literature with a capital fucken L. Get it while it’s hot!” Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon

“A fun, frenetic journey of neon-blasted streets…rendered in cutthroat prose.” Jeremy Szal, author of Stormblood

“High-octane, immersive SF at its best…Sure become a classic in the field.” Kaaron Warren, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author

“A fascinating interplay between advancing technology and wish fulfillment, 36 Streets is ambitious in scope while remaining deeply human.” Tim Hickson, author of On Writing and Worldbuilding

“Brutal, brooding, brilliant…This is cyberpunk with soul.” Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, author of The Salvage Crew

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