Katja from the Punk BandA punk girl turns outlaw in this award-winning industrial crime thriller that “reminds me of Harlan Ellison at his most daring and dangerous” (Jack O’Connell, author of Word Made Flesh). Katja, like everyone else stuck on the work island they call home, wants to get to the mainland by any means necessary. Shooting her boyfriend and stealing a chemical vial is one way to ensure her safe passage; the only problem is, she’s not the only one who wants the precious chemical—or the freedom it will bring. There’s Nikolai the joystick junkie; Aleksakhina, Katja’s parole officer; Vladimir Kohl, the small-time chemical dealer, and his boss Szerynski; the rival chemical lord Dracyev, and his lover, Ylena. And then there’s the Man In Red, ready and waiting for whoever is (un)lucky enough to end up with the vial. Winner of the Fireball Award, Katja From the Punk Band is Jackie Brown meets the Sex Pistols, “an excellent and fast-paced industrial crime novel,” and book one in the thrilling Katja series (Colleen Wanglund, The Horror Fiction Review). |
Contents
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Chapter Three | |
Chapter Five | |
Chapter Eight | |
Chapter Twelve | |
Chapter Fourteen | |
Chapter Sixteen | |
Chapter Seventeen | |
Chapter Nineteen | |
Chapter Twenty | |
Chapter TwentyOne | |
Chapter TwentyThree | |
Chapter TwentyFive | |
Chapter TwentyEight | |
Chapter TwentyNine | |
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Aleksakhina already asks blood boat body building CHAPTER checks chemical closes coming crate dark dead deck doesn’t don’t door Dracyev drops eyes face feels feet figure finally fingers fire fucking getting give glass goes going gone grabs ground guitar hair hand he’s head hears holds inside island it’s Januscz junkie Katja keep Kohl Kohl’s later leads leans leave light looks machines mainland mean metal moments mouth moves neck night Nikolai nods okay once pain past perhaps piece pocket presses pulls quickly reaches ready realizes rest running says seems she’s shit shot shoulder shouts shut side sits smiles someone somewhere sound standing steps stops street sure Szerynski takes tells there’s thing thought tonight tries trying turns vial voice waiting walks wall watches window woman Ylena