![]() We dash from one crisis to the next and switch between plot threads frequently. The book is bursting with ideas and puts an intriguing spin on several sci-fi staples, yet few are explored in depth. How will Lynch’s plans for the city and his interest in esoteric technologies change New Arcadia-and its residents?Ĭompany Town is an enjoyable, zippy read, if not entirely satisfying. While the oil flowed, the rig was a boomtown, but now the future is uncertain. Hwa, our tough and resourceful protagonist, lives and works on the rig, serving as a bodyguard for local sex workers union. Perched atop a ruined oil rig in the Atlantic, the city has just been acquired by the wealthy industrialist Zacharias Lynch, who plans to build a cutting-edge nuclear reactor in the ocean below. ![]()
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