A Chip in His Shoulder, L.A. Witt
A Chip in His Shoulder, L.A. Witt
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A Chip in His Shoulder

Author: L.A. Witt

Narrator: Nick J. Russo

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2023


Synopsis

“Contract killer” is a fitting job for a vampire, and it suits Liam just fine. Cast down from the wealth and status of the Sky for taking a human lover, Liam lurks in the poor and pollution-choked Gutter, killing to survive. Between his natural strengths and his Cybernetix mods, no mark has ever escaped him.
Liam’s ex-lover Daniel is the heir to Cybernetix—and its greatest threat. Horrified by people less man than machine and the exploitation of Gutter factory workers, he’d rather destroy Cybernetix than inherit it . . . if his father doesn’t destroy him first.
Years of anger and a heap of mods have kept Daniel and Liam apart. When Liam is hired to slaughter a man in his glass Sky tower, he walks right into a Daniel-shaped trap. Daniel’s father has betrayed them both, and only by working together can Daniel and Liam survive the coming day. They have no reason to trust each other, but as the dawn looms, a bargain that began with the simple urge to live soon reminds them of the love they once shared. Can they find each other again, or will the Cybernetix assassins find them first?

About L.A. Witt

L. A. Witt is the author of many books in the m/m romance genre, including Is It Over Yet?, The Husband Gambit, and the Anchor Point series. She also writes under the name Lauren Gallagher.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on May 06, 2021

A dystopian scifi, set in a world where some are more machine than human. 'Mods' to shape every aspect of a being, the sale of which keeps the rich in power and the poor downtrodden. Liam is a vampire who relies on mods to do his job. He became a contract killer in order to survive, after being disi......more

Goodreads review by Kaje on December 23, 2012

This short story has some excellent world-building and two interesting characters with a complex back-story. This is a near-future realistic urban fantasy/sci fi with vampires. The world and its ramifications were the heart of the story for me and the relationship between the MCs took a little bit o......more