Another one from the "Not half as trashy as it looks, I swear" file. Sequel to
Those Who Walk In Darkness, which I read earlier this year.
When a supervillain wasted San Francisco, the U.S. decided to expel all "metanormals" within its borders. Those who choose to remain are hunted down by MTacs, police units who only have one job: kill the freaks. It isn't a terribly original premise--Batman fans will recognize the influence of Frank Miller's seminal graphic novel, The Dark Knight Returns--but that's fine, because a premise is all it is, and Ridley knows it. Soledad O'Roark, a 26-year-old MTac and an engineering genius, has a virulent hatred of metanormals. Her tale is one of unremitting darkness, and from early on it's easy to tell it won't have a happy ending.
LAPD's top mutant-hunter, O'Roark has outfought telepaths, human flamethrowers, men with steel skin, and every other kind of freakish super-powered thing. But her high-tech firepower is no match for teammate--and rival--Eddi Aoki's attempts at friendship, which endlessly irritate the solitary Soledad.
When a vigilante starts killing metanormals without mercy, Soledad and Eddi end up working the same case--in a way that neither could imagine. And the hunt for answers pits Soledad and Eddi against a cabal inside the LAPD as well as a serial killer who's slaughtering mutants, cops, and anyone else who gets in his way.
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