Delirium (Debt Collector 1)
by Susan Kaye Quinn
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Pub Date Mar 20 2013 | Archive Date Apr 06 2015
Description
Urban Fantasy with a Cyberpunk Twist
***first episode of the nine-part serial***
What's your life worth on the open market?
In this gritty urban fantasy, debt collectors take your life energy and give it to someone more "worthy"... all while paying the price with black marks on their souls.
"Absolutely riveting!"
"Quinn has a way of writing heart-breaking characters."
"You'll be holding your breath, looking over your shoulder, and begging for more."
Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He's just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit
of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja's sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane... until he collects again. But when his recovery ritual is disrupted by a sex worker who isn't what she seems, he has to choose between doing an illegal hit for a girl whose story has more holes than his soul or facing the bottle alone--a dark pit he's not sure he'll be able to climb out of again.
Contains mature content and themes.
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2014 Semi-Finalist in Science Fiction in the Kindle Book Awards
Delirium is approximately 12,000 words or 48 pages, and is the first of nine episodes in the first season of The Debt Collector serial.
It is recommended that you start with the first season, but each season is a complete story for that debt collector and can serve as an entry point to the series. There are five planned seasons in the Debt Collector series, the first four each from the perspective of a different debt collector with the fifth season bringing all four together.
READING ORDER
Season One - Lirium - COMPLETE
Episodes 1-9: Delirium, Agony, Ecstasy, Broken, Driven, Fallen, Promise, Ruthless, Passion
Season Two - Wraith - COMPLETE
Episodes 10-18: Wraith, Specter, Menace, Temptation, Shattered, Penance, Judgment, Corruption, Atonement
A Note From the Publisher
This is the First Season - Season Two is also complete.
Debt Collector is a nine-part serial. Delirium, the first episode, is 12,000 words or 48 pages.
This is the First Season - Season Two is also complete.
Advance Praise
"The street-smart science of LOOPER meets the cold, just-the-facts voice of DOUBLE INDEMNITY in this edgy, future-noir thriller that will have you holding your breath, looking over your shoulder, and begging for more." --Leigh Talbert Moore, author of The Truth About Faking, The Truth About Letting Go, and Rouge
"Do you owe more than your life is worth? No worries. A more deserving person than you can benefit from that excess life--and someone else will get paid with it. Enter the Debt Collector." --Dianne Salerni, author of We Hear the Dead, The Caged Graves, and The Eighth Day (HarperCollins 2014)
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Debt Collector is a nine-part serial that was released from 3/2013-6/2013, with an episode every two weeks. The first season is now complete, in print, ebook, and audio. The second season is available in print and ebook.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780988267084 |
| PRICE | $0.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 102045
I finished the book really quickly and all I have to say is I NEED TO READ THE REST wow what an amazing short story
Jess C, Reviewer
Susan hits it out of the park again! This time, we get to see a gritty, futuristic world in serial form. I am not sure yet how I feel about serials, but if I was going to recommend one, it sure would be this book.
If you liked her Mindjacker series or you are a fan of futuristic fiction, this is definitely one I'd pick up. I promise you'll want to pick up the second installment once you do!
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