Aliens are among us, and Austin, Texas just got a whole lot weirder.When smart-aleck, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Anderson Gunn snags his next job, he’s just happy to get the gig. The target he’s chasing may be wanted for murder, but his bills aren’t going to pay themselves. As it turns out, he probably should’ve been more selective. When he tracks down Cameron Kovak, the wanted man turns out … the wanted man turns out to be no man at all.
Gunn finds himself face to face with a tentacled creature out of Ridley Scott’s worst nightmare – a baby Cthulhu, wearing his target’s skin like a onesie. And that’s just the start of it. Aliens have their eyes on us, and Gunn finds himself swept up in their mysterious plans.
Experience the start of The Gunn Files, a sci-fi thrill ride that will have you wondering if aliens truly walk among us. It’s perfect for fans of Men in Black and The X-Files.
Also available on Audible, narrated by Oliver Wyman (Monster Hunter International).
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MG Herron’s Culture Shock (The Gunn Files, Book 1) is much more than a first contact mystery thriller. It’s Men in Black on steroids. Bounty hunter Anderson Gunn has no idea what he’s in for in his latest job, but the X Files guys would know what’s going on. This is freakin’ urban PI sci-fi mashup perfection that is totally fun, and highly recommended.
Aliens and bounty hunters? Hard to say more than that, but also a great story, great lead voice, and well-written action. Lots of fun.
What a mesmerising read, I was hooked from the beginning! The narrative is so fluid with a pragmatic approach, the easy going personality of the main character in first person is a fresh look into his living style and his outlook towards life, a great character and world building, the story starts immediately with the a case, making the combination of both his life and plot very captivating. Pride, stubbornness kept him going, with help from his best friends, he makes a mind blowing discovery! I was snagged from the beginning, fast paced, with a witty dialogue, gritty, it kept me up till the wee hours, had to finish it to know how it all ended. Looking forward to read more about how the story progresses in Overdose #2.
Not your average sci fi or mystery book. A tale of aliens that have been living on earth but were clocked to look like humans. A bounty hunter gets to become an alien hunter in a very entertaining read. This one will keep your interest all the way to the end.
Anderson Gunn is a bounty hunter in Austin, Texas. With an office down on East Sixth Street, he is smack in the middle of the “Keep Austin Weird” culture of the capital city, and it is his kind of place. However, a series of financial burdens, including paying off his mother’s final medical bills, are threatening his solvency and ability to keep his office open and his head above water. So when a long-time client, bail bondsman Alek Ludwig, sends some lucrative work his way, one of Ludwig’s clients has skipped a court date and is suspected of killing a coworker at the power company, Gunn is highly motivated to bring in his man.
At the scene of the coworker’s murder, Gunn runs into an old friend who is also interested in the missing man, Detective Sheila Gonzalez. She doesn’t want Gunn meddling in her case but still confirms some of the information he needs to continue his search. While at the site, Gunn catches a glimpse of two other detective types, but when he goes for a better look, they’ve disappeared. As Gunn investigates the skip’s whereabouts, he realizes he’s being tailed by the two odd detectives. When they show up at his office, he discovers that Austin is legitimately more weird than anyone ever imagined. The two are alien peacekeepers posing as humans as are hundreds of others in the city where they’ve come to vacation or live, hiding in plain sight, and they are after the alien that has taken over the body/skin of the man Gunn is pursuing.
Part detective novel, part “Men-In-Black”-style sci-fi story, “Culture Shock” was a fun page-turner of a book. The Austin setting is perfect, and the characters that populate the city bring the feel of the place right to the page. They were charming “people,” and I quickly began to care about what was going to happen to them. This book was so good I immediately picked up the next in the series.
I recommend this book for readers that like fun sci-fi and those that would enjoy an alien element in their mystery.