"You guys are using biotech and bioethics not only to create a stellar sci fi story, but a tale of prejudice, bigotry, and the fear we humans have about what we do not understand."
The broken and bloody body of an unidentifiable man sets Hip Flask and Vanity Case on a trail that leads them to Casbah Joe and The Eye of the Needle; the creator of the Elephantmen, Kazushi Nikken, suspects that there are plans afoot to release him from imprisonment and gang war erupts between the forces of Obadiah Horn and Baron Serengheti. Where will Flask's investigation lead him? What dark secrets lie in Sahara's past, and what is the deadly mission of the man called The Silencer? Los Angeles 2262 is Mystery City.
"To create a story starring humans crossed with hippopotami, camels, zebras, and elephants is, in and of itself, an accomplishment in terms of concept. But to create a world in which such characters live and breathe and show real emotion, characters that invite the reader to suspend disbelief and actually care about them, is an accomplishment on an entirely different plane altogether."
