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Backburn

The Fixer: 9

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Backburn

By: Andrew Vaillencourt
Narrated by: Jay Ben Markson
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Still hounded at every turn, Roland and his team limp home to find Dockside in turmoil.

Clandestine corporate operations have weakened the treaties between Dockside’s gangs just in time for a disaster at the docks to shut down Earth’s mightiest marketplace. On the verge of economic catastrophe, Gateways Inc. lands an army of corporate troops to seize control. Criminals and corpos make for a tense pairing, and it’s only a matter of time before something breaks and the shooting starts.

Not content to wait for that to happen, OmniCorp springs for a little extra muscle. The only surviving full-prosthesis cyborg in the galaxy shows up to have a go at New Boston’s most famous fixer, and a fair fight is not how this shooter likes to operate. It’s a full-metal slugfest as all the players collide on the streets of New Boston for one final bloody showdown.

But what is all the fuss really over? Lucia has her doubts about the corporate line, and even her father seems to be hiding important information from her. As their losses mount and total destruction inches ever closer, the fixers will have to uncover the real reason all these MegaCorps are brawling it out in their backyard.

The fires of corporate warfare are raging across New Boston, and only Roland Tankowicz and his group of misfits can stop it before all of Dockside burns to the ground. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire, and New Boston’s least favorite army-surplus cyborg has brought his matches…

Time to light a BACKBURN.

©2023 Andrew Vaillencourt (P)2023 The Slide Rule Group, LLC
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The story had a few wow moments for me. When a certain person was introduced from another series, I literally spat 'hell yes!' out loud. And for a long while I had no idea what the outcome was going to be for our big guy or dockside, hell even the whole crew, which no doubt was AV's intent! I truly hope this isn't the final end for Roland and Lucia, that they come back in another series with a whole new future. Not often I become personally attached to characters, but these guys and the whole cast have become one of my all time favourites. Thank you!
Ps...The audio was, as always, perfect!

Brilliant ending!

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