Introduction

“Prism City: Gun for Hire & Heir to an Empire“ is the debut novel of L.K. Weir and was published earlier in 2020 by Prism City Press. I came about reading it when I saw the author describe her work as science fiction noir (or something similar). Back in my youth I was a fan of film noir and had even once made a four minute promotional film noir for a business system I was implementing for a former employer. So the author essentially had me hooked with the description. This said, I was a little apprehensive because LK Weir is a first time author and her work was fresh off the press. I am usually disappointed by such novels and really did not want to be disappointed again.

I wasn’t.

Atmosphere

Dark and brooding. Think Blade Runner or Altered Carbon meets Casablanca meets (to a lesser extent) Dynasty.

Despite being a