Sapphire Sirens, The [Mass Market Paperback]

In 2060, Zachary Nixon Johnson is the last freelance detective in the world. He is ably assisted by his AI sidekick HARV and together they have saved the world many times over.

Zach's latest case is finding former basketball star turned entrepreneur Don Rickey's Baseball card collection. He gets a blackmail letter asking for four million dollars to get the collection back. The paper the note is written on is Prime especially since most people communicate through paperless means. The client's ex-wife bought the paper. Zack finds in her home a sapphire who fights him and knocks him out. She takes him to Lantis an island dominated totally by females who came from another planet millennia ago and use a force field and other advanced technology to keep intruders out. His "man-napper" sapphire-haired Amazon Princess Kiana demands Zach find out who killed her mother. The evidence points to Kiana, but the sleuth thinks she is being framed as her guilt is too overwhelming to be true. He has two days to uncover the truth or one of her three sisters will be the heir to the throne of Lantis and Kiana will be execured; of course than again the proof may prove right.

This amusing pulp action science fiction mystery is loaded with futuristic technology, royal politics, a two meter plus giantess, amazons, baseball cards, comic books, Zach and HARV. What more could someone ask for?. The relationship between HARV and Zach is evolving as the AI increasingly seems more human, which makes them behave more like friends. Zach treats the island case like he does any as he easily adjusts to kick butt females (he knows Threta first hand), technology (He has HARV) and royal bull (he has the law). John Zakour provides another colorful insane sci fi whodunit.

Harriet Klausner

Loved this book! John Sakour writes in a way that captured my interest so that I had to buy the rest of the series.

This book is about Zachary Nixon Johnson,who is the
last Private Investigator on the earth. The story takes
place in the future, when humanity has evolved into a
robot friendly environment. His own best friend is a
hologram with a brain! Things are going great for Zach,
and he seems to be putting together a life that works for
him.

Then, one day, he is kidnapped and brought to the
island, Lantis, with only women, to solve a crime. The
queen of Lantis had been killed and it's up to Zach to
find out who the killer is, and the suspects include the
queens daughters themselves!

I really liked this book because it has
tons of action, and even a trial of
faith between Zach and the Amazonian women! The book went
a little slow, but not everything in life is fast, and the
author stayed in the role of Zach the whole time. Some
parts are hard to understand and I found myself skimming
every once in a while, but then the action grabs you and
keeps you on your toes until the end! I felt that the
setting could be our possible future, and the author
portrays everything excellently. I would recommend this to
people who like to read fiction and science fiction.I
rated this a two because it would be a little mature for
some people under 12.

Reviewed by a young adult student reviewer
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