Delirium (Debt Collector 1)
By Susan Kaye Quinn
What's your life worth on the open market?
A debt collector can tell you precisely.
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.
A debt collector can tell you precisely.
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.
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***MY HONEST REVIEW OF DELIRIUM***
When a person has more debt than their future productive
contribution to society is, they get a visit from a debt collector. He is able
to take the rest of the debtor’s life, which will then be transferred to
someone who still can make long lasting contributions to society. Of course the
collector gets to keep 10% as payment.
Lirium is a debt collector. He goes through life day to day
doing his job, with no regrets. The collecting part gives a high, but during
transfer, he loses that high and is brought down so low that it takes days to
get over it. During this down time, he usually orders a lady for the night from
Madam A. His latest girl though is more than she appears. She doesn’t seem to
have the experience that she should, and Lirium calls her out on it. She then
tells him that she needs his help. Does she really, or is she just setting him
up to be robbed of the life force he carries?
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