So I realized while reading the first portion of this chapter that, yes, Howard Vincent has thrown his own lot in with the Savage Gang, assisting Savage out with Harrisburg's police department. And I'm definitely sure that ties into his interactions with Lockheed in the opening part.....but I think he may have taken it too far when he revealed that he knew way more than he was supposed to know. Maybe he inadvertently set Lockheed on him and didn't know it? Either way, it seems like she's closer to finding out more about the Savage Gang than she thinks. And.....ugh. Speaking of which, the last half of the first part really got me thinking about whether or not there even IS hope of a Sapphire Angel/Olivia Lockheed team-up anymore, especially after the fiasco in the previous novel. I highly doubt Sapphire would want to see Lockheed's face again, or if she did, it'd certainly give her at least a brief episode of PTSD. It'd certainly be better than Howard Vincent, of course, because he's a dang mole for the Savage Gang.
More about Wayne Steele, too! But the "Justice Seekers"? I chuckled for a good bit at that. I think they're just going to be that group that gets constantly shown up by Sapphire over and over throughout the novel just to highlight how skilled she is, perhaps. Maybe eventually, Wayne Steele will concede that Sapphire has potential, and might want to form an alliance? Or maybe he'll get "jealous" that she's coming along further in her investigation than he is, and start hunting her down instead/in addition?
Either way, it looks like the Savage Gang has way more people after them than ever: Sapphire Angel & her allies, Olivia Lockheed & the FBI, and now Wayne Steele & the Justice Seekers. Turns out that no matter how dark and sick humanity can be at times (looking at you, Lockheed), they can still act as one when threatened by a common foe. If all three factions teamed up by the novel's climax......that'd be one heck of a backdrop indeed! I get that the Savage Gang's a particularly big threat.....but just imagine how the Justice Seekers would've been if they came out to combat Fizzure, StarPrime, and WarTech, too!
Will certainly be dropping by again next time! Oh, and is this novel longer or shorter than "Savage Dawn"?
So I realized while reading the first portion of this chapter that, yes, Howard Vincent has thrown his own lot in with the Savage Gang, assisting Savage out with Harrisburg's police department. And I'm definitely sure that ties into his interactions with Lockheed in the opening part.....but I think he may have taken it too far when he revealed that he knew way more than he was supposed to know. Maybe he inadvertently set Lockheed on him and didn't know it? Either way, it seems like she's closer to finding out more about the Savage Gang than she thinks. And.....ugh. Speaking of which, the last half of the first part really got me thinking about whether or not there even IS hope of a Sapphire Angel/Olivia Lockheed team-up anymore, especially after the fiasco in the previous novel. I highly doubt Sapphire would want to see Lockheed's face again, or if she did, it'd certainly give her at least a brief episode of PTSD. It'd certainly be better than Howard Vincent, of course, because he's a dang mole for the Savage Gang.
More about Wayne Steele, too! But the "Justice Seekers"? I chuckled for a good bit at that. I think they're just going to be that group that gets constantly shown up by Sapphire over and over throughout the novel just to highlight how skilled she is, perhaps. Maybe eventually, Wayne Steele will concede that Sapphire has potential, and might want to form an alliance? Or maybe he'll get "jealous" that she's coming along further in her investigation than he is, and start hunting her down instead/in addition?
Either way, it looks like the Savage Gang has way more people after them than ever: Sapphire Angel & her allies, Olivia Lockheed & the FBI, and now Wayne Steele & the Justice Seekers. Turns out that no matter how dark and sick humanity can be at times (looking at you, Lockheed), they can still act as one when threatened by a common foe. If all three factions teamed up by the novel's climax......that'd be one heck of a backdrop indeed! I get that the Savage Gang's a particularly big threat.....but just imagine how the Justice Seekers would've been if they came out to combat Fizzure, StarPrime, and WarTech, too!
Will certainly be dropping by again next time! Oh, and is this novel longer or shorter than "Savage Dawn"?