★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(Near-Future Dystopia) A team of company enforcers hunts terrorists who sabotaged a desalination plant. (3,934 words; Time: 13m)
"Isla Tiburón," by Alex Irvine [bio] (edited by Sheila Williams), appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction issue 03-04|19, published on February 15, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.133 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: Cartwright isn’t a bad guy, but he’s got an awful job. His struggles with his conscience are probably the best part of this story.
Con: We have two cardboard villains here: EvilCorp and Zednik. They're not very believable, and no one else has any agency in the story.
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Pro: Cartwright isn’t a bad guy, but he’s got an awful job. His struggles with his conscience are probably the best part of this story.
Con: We have two cardboard villains here: EvilCorp and Zednik. They're not very believable, and no one else has any agency in the story.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Alex Irvine Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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