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Book of Justice #1
Genocide Express
action / adventure
Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 1989
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December 10, 2021
Completely over-the-top trashy pulp thriller from the late 80s! The author, Mike McQuay, wrote this under a pen name. McQuay wrote a number of science fiction titles in the 70s-90s that are quite good, even some with Asimov and Clarke, but was somehow always a 'second tier' SFF author. In the Book of Justice series, McQuay basically cuts loose and has some serious fun.
Our lead William Justice, is the CEO of a privately owned island in the Caribbean (owned of course by his company, with the citizens all being shareholders). The story starts off with the island, renamed 'Haven', being considered for admission to the UN (which it gets). At the UN, however, things start to get a little crazy. A Ugandan man with some sort of horrible disease meets Justice and company in their UN staterooms and warns of a massive tragedy going on in Uganda. Hitching a ride on a sub donated to Uganda by the US (long story), Justice and crew head off to Uganda to find out what is what...
This series has a somewhat novel premise. Justice and friends are business people out to cut fair deals and improve humanity globally. Justice is something of a libertarian, but with a conviction that trade and such can bring good things as long as it is not under the gaze of corrupt politicians and corporations. So, armed with guns and investment funds, Justice and Haven aim to be a force in the world.
What makes this, and the series as a whole so fun is the in your face action that borders on a spoof of action thrillers. Justice, along with his small entourage, get into car chases, gun battles, helicopter battles, all kinds of things really narrated with a dry humor all the way. I mean, what other novel brings together Idi Amin and Moammar Khadaffy united to bring terror to the world? Having Amin addicted to Tom and Jerry cartoons was simply a bonus.
Bantam books put this out with some other action-adventure novels in the late 80s, early 90s, and while I do not know how successful the others series have stood up, this one is a great blast from the past! Lots of fun, lots of trash, lots of pulp, wrapped up in dead pan humor! Highly recommended for pulp fans.
Our lead William Justice, is the CEO of a privately owned island in the Caribbean (owned of course by his company, with the citizens all being shareholders). The story starts off with the island, renamed 'Haven', being considered for admission to the UN (which it gets). At the UN, however, things start to get a little crazy. A Ugandan man with some sort of horrible disease meets Justice and company in their UN staterooms and warns of a massive tragedy going on in Uganda. Hitching a ride on a sub donated to Uganda by the US (long story), Justice and crew head off to Uganda to find out what is what...
This series has a somewhat novel premise. Justice and friends are business people out to cut fair deals and improve humanity globally. Justice is something of a libertarian, but with a conviction that trade and such can bring good things as long as it is not under the gaze of corrupt politicians and corporations. So, armed with guns and investment funds, Justice and Haven aim to be a force in the world.
What makes this, and the series as a whole so fun is the in your face action that borders on a spoof of action thrillers. Justice, along with his small entourage, get into car chases, gun battles, helicopter battles, all kinds of things really narrated with a dry humor all the way. I mean, what other novel brings together Idi Amin and Moammar Khadaffy united to bring terror to the world? Having Amin addicted to Tom and Jerry cartoons was simply a bonus.
Bantam books put this out with some other action-adventure novels in the late 80s, early 90s, and while I do not know how successful the others series have stood up, this one is a great blast from the past! Lots of fun, lots of trash, lots of pulp, wrapped up in dead pan humor! Highly recommended for pulp fans.
September 30, 2017
It wasn't bad at all. I think I was expecting a more traditional '70's vigilante type and ended up with something more akin to a modern Avenger/Justice Inc. I'm interested to see where the other 3 books in the series go.
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