Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As always, Tchaikovsky delivers. All kinds of genres get represented, and this one is no different. Noir. But with a downright dark take on SolarPunk, where animals are uplifted with the aid of drugs and employed to take care of the menial labors of human cities. Rule number one is to stay out of eyeshot of the humans.

But the dark, seedy underbelly of the city is just as dark as any crime novel. And Tchaikovsky's penchant for intelligent animals and insects really shine.

And who DOESN'T like a Racoon sob story, his drug addiction, his being played as a pawn, a patsy, a throwaway soldier? Beautiful. And the SF's worldbuilding is great.

Definitely a fun time here.

Not for the animals, of course. But the reader? Hell yeah.

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