In a world without atmospheric oxygen, one’s worth is measured by what they put up their nose. Borealis rebels play catch and release with the elite to extort o2 credits. Whips, chains, and a fair amount of broadcasted BDSM make them feared across the shadowed cityscape of Duvel. Robo acolytes scour the streets to protect property with lethal force. Everyone is living on a clock in this globally warmed world.
Carlo, a homeless stick-up kid was taken in by Borealis and shaped to be their trusty blade. He has a change of heart after years of bloodlust when touched by the love of Jasmine, a DJ at an aquatic rave club and renowned and computer hacker. The two young lovers find themselves caught between the sadist cult and the domineering reach of the oxygen trade.
A plot to take down the meth-addled executive of o2 Inc. leaves them double crossing the group of masked sadists who’d want nothing more than to tie them down and battle test their latest metallic toys. Meanwhile, a mistress to the most powerful man in the city is growing tired of “domming” the plutocrat and decides to take matters into her own hands. An unlikely alliance with a free love commune residing in a bakery plunges them into battle with the most hardened brutes in Duvel.
The story’s natural (and sexual) climax leaves readers aroused and hungry for more campy sci-fi action and smut in Oskar’s fiction debut.
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