Tracer

by Brendan Deneen

Overview

From bestselling and award-winning author Brendan Deneen comes Tracer, a fast-paced sci-fi romance adventure that sends one mercenary on a dangerous mission across a postapocalyptic landscape. Perfect for fans of Mad Max and Blade Runner.

In the near future—after a virus has swept the globe and the oil has run dry—what’s left of humanity has created a new technology, one that turns plastic back into oil. A mad scramble for resources ensues, with new cities being built on the seven largest landfills in the world. Plastic is the new gold.

Tracer is the adopted daughter and hired gun for the president of PH City—built outside of what used to be Los Angeles, atop the Puente Hills landfill. When a distress call comes from the landfill city outside of Las Vegas, the president of PH sends Tracer to answer it.

But Trace soon discovers this mission is more than she bargained for, and that a dangerous deal has been struck without her knowledge, sending her further down a complex and violent path …

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798212638210
Publisher:	Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:	09/02/2025
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Brendan Deneen is the author of the novels The Ninth Circle and The Chrysalis, as well as the bestselling four-volume Adventures of Rocket and Groot picture book series for Marvel/Disney. He’s also the author of the middle-grade graphic novel Green Arrow: Stranded for DC Comics; the novels Morbius: Blood Ties and Guardians of the Galaxy: Annihilation—Conquest from Marvel/Titan; and Alien: Uncivil War from 20th Century Studios/Titan. His other graphic novel work includes multiple volumes of Flash Gordon, an original Island of Misfit Toys book, and the original graphic novel Scatterbrain. His short stories and essays have been published by St. Martin’s Press, Reader’s Digest Books, 13Thirty Press, and Necro Publications.

Editorial Reviews

Tracer is a compelling love story, set in a ravaged future full of stunning violence, where only hope and real human emotion have a chance to save humanity.”

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah

With Tracer, Brendan Deneen brings serious game to both the thriller and dystopian genres—giving us complex and relatable characters in a story about an all-too-possible dark future. Even in the most terrifying darkness Deneen kindles the fires of hope. Highly recommended.”

New York Times bestselling author of NecroTek and Jonathan Maberry

Brendan Deneen’s sleek, fast, near-future noir Tracer is a shotgun marriage of Philip K. Dick and Elmore Leonard. At the center of this mordant, Day-Glo actioner is the adopted heroine—the eponymous badass, smart-mouth Tracer—daughter and muscle for the leader of a dystopian outpost of Old Los Angeles. But what’s discovered underneath this dung heap of a city makes Chinatown feel like a sappy episode of Matlock. Highly recommended!”

New York Times bestselling author of The Killer Jay Bonansinga

In a city where plastic is the new gold, Tracer blends gritty postapocalyptic action with heart-pounding romance as one woman’s lethal skills are tested against the darkest secrets of humanity’s desperate new civilization.”

New York Times bestselling author of Hell Divers Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Brendan Deneen’s Tracer slams you into the passenger seat of a ’72 Dodge Dart and sends you on a frenetic, action-packed ride through a trash-filled, dystopic wasteland with a badass femme fatale at the wheel. Hold on!”

author of Space Brooms! A. G. Rodriguez