Tracer
- Author Brendan Deneen
- Narrator Candace Fitzgerald
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 November 2025
- Run Time 9 hours
- Format Audio
- Genre Adventure fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Romance, Science fiction, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic.
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What to expect
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 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 …
Critics Review
'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.'
'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.'
'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.'
'The lifeblood of the world of Deneen's Tracer is recycled waste, but this story is anything but a regurgitation. Smart characters, top-notch world-building, and ferocious action scenes combine to take us on a wild ride through a thrilling, noir-tinged, rubbish-strewn future.'
'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!'
'Tracer is an action-packed adventure that asks us to imagine rising from the trash to create a better world. Full of memorable characters and a tension-fueled plot of deceit and danger, this is a story worth reading for any fan of near-future dystopias.'
'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!'
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