Title Is NOT A Typo

One hundred years in the future, enormous mining vessels scour the surface of the Moon, prospecting for valuable metals and minerals. Trapped onboard for months at a time, the crew use drugs, virtual environments, gambling and pitfights to make life bearable. 

Joel Miller doesn’t need any of those things. He has a new reason to live: an enemy. A private war to the death. 

But Miller has no idea that there’s a hidden side to his duel. The hate keeping him alive is the most valuable commodity the Moon has to offer...

Duallists by David Wailing is a crime drama with a science fiction setting, mixed with elements of horror and mystery, and it's bloody fantastic! At first, with the story told from Miller's POV, I thought this might be a futuristic psychological thriller about a man's obsession with revenge, but Wailing uses the sci-fi details to create a technological trail hinting at what might really be going on at the Moon mining facility.

Miller's personal war is merely one piece of a complicated puzzle. While the author doesn't go into much detail about the characters, aside from Miller, this emphasizes how superficial their friendships and interactions are, which is just as well, once the true horror is revealed towards the end. Miller's reaction to the jaw-dropping revelation is the ultimate chess move.

Regardless of which genre you normally read, Wailing has created a story which will appeal to many different kinds of readers. I highly recommend Duallists.

As always,
AstraDaemon