Sherlock meets Bladerunner in this awesome novel, The Big Sheep which explores our fascination with celebrity in a futuristic dystopic LA, with a genetically modified sheep in the center of it all.
Los Angeles of 2039 is a baffling and bifurcated place. After the
Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was
disowned by the civil authorities, and is essentially a third world
country within the borders of the city. Navigating the boundaries
between DZ and LA proper is a tricky task, and there's no one more
suited to it than eccentric private investigator Erasmus Keane. So when a valuable genetically altered sheep mysteriously goes missing from the
Esper Corporation's labs, Keane is the one they call.
But while
the erratic Keane and his more grounded partner, Blake Fowler, are on
the trail of the lost sheep, they land an even bigger case. Beautiful
television star Priya Mistry suspects that someone is trying to kill
her - and she wants Keane to find out who. When Priya vanishes and then
reappears with no memory of having hired them, Keane and Fowler realize
something very strange is going on. As they unravel the threads of the
mystery, it soon becomes clear that the two cases are connected-and both point to a sinister conspiracy involving the most powerful people in
the city. Saving Priya and the sheep will take all of Keane's wits and
Fowler's skills, but in the end, they may discover that some secrets are better left hidden.
Kroese's novel is perfect for fans of Philip Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!, and Scalzi's Old Man's War.
