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“Intre­pid teen reg­u­la­tor Jake Durango leads a dar­ing pack of fear­less free­dom fight­ers in a dystopian future where humans rage against fero­cious, porcine crea­tures called Drau, who prey upon human flesh. Based on Mars, Jake and his crew are hired to pro­tect a colony of human min­ers from the Drau and their evil queen. Throw in a for­bid­den love tri­an­gle, an exten­sive
under­ground cave sys­tem, a smart-alecky, trigger-happy Bucka­roo Banzai–like sol­dier and plenty of blood and guts, and Gill scores a fast and funny science-fiction novel with plenty of sur­prises. The author injects many of the ele­ments from his unfor­get­table first novel (Soul Enchi­lada, 2009) into this new work, includ­ing bizarro plot twists, kooky odd­ball char­ac­ters
and plenty of laugh-out-loud humor. His ener­getic sense of pac­ing keeps the pages turn­ing even when the most ridicu­lous episode seems to be get­ting steroid injec­tions. Despite the insan­ity, the plot races onward seam­lessly, and well-rounded char­ac­ters and sharp, con­tem­po­rary dia­logue keep the work grounded. Fans of sci­ence fic­tion and the strange will eat this up.

–Kirkus Reviews