Shovel Ready: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

The futuristic hardboiled noir that Lauren Beukes calls “sharp like a paper-cut” in regards to a garbage man turned kill-for-hire.

Spademan used to be always a garbage guy. That was before the filthy bomb hit Times Square, before his wife was wiped out, and before the town became a blown-out shell of its previous self.

Right now he’s a hitman.

Within a near-future New York City split between those who are wealthy plenty of to “tap in” to a sophisticated virtual reality, and those who are still left to fend for themselves in the ravaged roads, Spademan find the roads. When his latest client hires him to kill the girl of a powerful evangelist, he must navigate between these two worlds-the wasteland actuality and the slick fantasy-to finish his job, very clear his conscience, and make certain he’s not the main one who winds up in the ground.