Book Review : KOP

I love reading Sci-Fi novels. Nothing else gives me much pleasure and fantasy than Science Fiction. It's like an escape, escape from my world which is all too real in depicting the problems and deteriorating moral boundaries where the weak gets sucked into the abyss of everyday rat race and being constantly at the mercy of overlords of mega corporation who suck up to the great overlord who believes he is the destined ruler..

Enough! This is one of the many reasons why I persistently bury myself deep into the world of science fiction, the only virtual world I can relate to.

KOP, or Koba Office of Police, provides readers with non-stop gritty action between a dirty cop, who is tired and beaten down by time and circumstances, and thugs and mafias trying to wrest control of the city which struggles to maintain the right to existence against the powerful forces of offworlders.

The story tells of the exploits of this dirty cop, who has given up hope on a world of crime not driven by malicious intent but simply by ordinary decent citizens constantly shoved to desperation beyond redemption, and in an economy literally in the toilet making any offworlders visiting the planet to flaunt their wealth and taking full advantage of the declining social standards.

Though constantly on the take, hell, everyone in KOP is on the take, there are some commendable trace of humanity in Juno, our hero, in incidences where decision made for the greater good often result in sometimes unconventional methods of deployment for achieving the ends. This uncharacteristic behaviour of our hero contrasts with his new partner, Maggie, coming from some rich heritage background, and constantly pursuing a desire to clean up the KOP. Somehow, their partnersip, initially against his will, seems to be building up well progressively, eventually leading to mutual respect for each other despite the contrast.

The story begins in what seems to be some back alley murder by a psycho killer, ready to be filed away and forgotten, but years of experience of our veteran hero somehow traces the crime to a conspiracy involving two rival crime families and a possible power grab involving the mayor's office

Definitely wortwhile!