Cade · #2

Hardcase

by Mike Linaker · September 1992

9.5 / 10 average from 2 rated reviews

Killers on the loose. Daily violence, ruthless money manipulators, decaying cities contrasted with mutant-ridden Chemlands and treacherous Outlands- this is tomorrow's America, a ravaged world gone mad. Here, it takes a new breed of cop to bring home the law. U.S. Marshal T. J. Cade and his cyborg partner, Janek, deal in justice ... swift and lethal. A series of seemingly random murders put Cade and Janek on to a far-reaching conspiracy orchestrated by a billionaire industrialist and military renegades with visions of taking over the U.S. government and military. Amos Sinclair has powerful people on his payroll and an army of combat androids doing his dirty work. A high-speed death race proves the bad guys know every dirty trick in the book. But Cade has something new to teach them.

Reviews (2)

ice_cracked 9/10 June 4, 2012

Three seemingly unconnected murders are discovered by a computer tech who contacts his friend Marshall TJ Cade with his suspicions and arranges a meet to voice his concerns. Prior to the arrival of Marshall Tj Cade and his cyborg offsider Janek at the designated meeting place the Tech is brutally murdered by combat droids supposedly only used by the military and so the title takes off. Cade and Janek after discovering his friend brutally murdered are then attacked by the combat droids which is just the start where the title features non stop action scenes where not only are Cade and Janek attacked by the combat droids constantly add in mercenaries and the finest equipment available to the military and they are wondering what the hell is going on. High ranking government personel coupled with military and police are engaged in a conspiracy to take down the POTUS and control the world via a futuristic weapons platform orbiting in space and our heroes have their work cut out for them here. Non stop action and if you like this sort of book here it is waiting for you, excellent story/plot included and TJ's squeeze is along for the ride as well. The finishing sections with the assault on the orbiting weapons station and the conspirators lair is brilliant reading. Certainly a title to recommend for your reading pleasure you will enjoy this one if you give it a go.

The Phantom 10/10 August 8, 2004

Mike Linaker pulls out all the stops in this second installment of the Cade mini-series. A wall to wall action extraviganza assaults the reader as Cade and his partner Janek the cyborg take on an Industrialist, who is plotting to take over power of the country. If you like futuristic battles with cyborgs, combat droids, outer space platforms, air cruisers, shuttles, helicopters, tanker trucks, monorail cars, regular cars, than this book is for you. The action is fast and furious, great chases and escapes and plenty of blasted bad guys, blown up droids and high-tech adventure. This book is a sci-fi-action-adventure reader's pot of gold! This novel must be one of the inspirations for the author's awesome Bolan story Zero Option. Some similar plot elements are seen in Hardcase. Give the Cade series a try, you won't be disappointed.