"A thrilling near-future noir mystery.A fascinating book from a writer with great vision." -- Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse Novels series "Smart, weird dystopia." --Margaret Atwood "The skill with which Ashby introduces her various SF elements is worthy of the best Heinlein. Company Town never falters in its pacing. It's a terrific ride." -- Locus "This is brave, bold, crazy storytelling at the edge and doesn't read like anything else I've seen up or down the pike." --Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Aftermath "A brilliant and chilling look at our post-oil future.

I haven't been this hooked by an SF novel for ages." --Charles Stross, author of the Laundry Files series "Loved Company Town , Madeline Ashby's wonderfully imaginative new sci-fi mystery with a fascinating female protagonist." -- Feminist Frequency "The world is an updated version of Raymond Chandler's, with gray morals and broken characters, and Hwa's internal monologue has just the right balance of introspection and wit.[a] very solid page-turner." -- Publishers Weekly "A fascinating mix of detective noir and near-future SF with cinematic world building and a broken, but resilient, unquestionably badass heroine." -- Booklist " Ashby's action scenes come thick and fast.the ideas, setting and relationships that make the story really worth reading." -- New Zealand Herald EditCopy to TI "The skill with which Ashby introduces her various SF elements is worthy of the best Heinlein.

Company Town never falters in its pacing. It's a terrific ride." -- Locus "I'm an immense fan of Ashby's work.It is often profound, and it is never boring." --Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.