Liquid Cool 2024
In 2015, when I introduced readers to the rainy, Blade Runner-ish world of Liquid Cool it was the tonal reverse of my first sci-fi series, After Eden. Both series are dystopian sci-fi but where After Eden was the events and people leading to World War III 75 years in the future (very somber and certainly not funny), Liquid Cool is a brisk, sci-fi noir detective thriller with lots of action and laughs.
Back when I was getting the debut novel ready, I released a prequel short, These Mean Streets, Darkly, but I got plenty of “okay, but I want to read the first novel now” and “love it but where’s the rest of the story!” The debut novel Liquid Cool (Book One) came out in 2016. Incredibly in 2017, I released six Liquid Cool novels all in the same year. In 2018, I launched a three-book mini-series: From the Crazy Maniac Files with the title, Classic Cyborg.
With the first six main novels, we got to see our protagonist evolve from hovercar restorer and laborer to a full-fledged Metropolis street detective taking down plenty of bad guys with some very scary names. Yes, he got shot at too many times to count, shot for real and put in the hospital, chased by robot Dobermans, and even had a robot cat try to devour his hand, but our “famous detective” is still solving cases strong with his cool hat, a red hovercar, and his favorite laser gun from Up-Top.
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We also meet all the “players” of the Cruz’s world: PJ (Punch Judy), Dot (China Doll), Run-Time, Phishy, and more. Cruz even got to meet his “posthumous” mentor in real life! We not only get to see Cruz close cases but get to ride along in his life adventures–marriage, kids, and the Hell Spawn (his parents’ in law)–all while building his Liquid Cool Detective Agency. We watch him go from accidental amateur to a cool professional.
However, unlike my other series, Liquid Cool has no end. But how many “save the world” cases can one street detective handle? These big cases continue to follow him like metal to a magnet, so the answer is: as long as he’s breathing! And that’s what we want.
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