Austin Dragon

Austin Dragon writes speculative fiction across cyberpunk, military science fiction, epic fantasy, and classic horror. Classic Cyborg belongs to the grittier From the Crazy Maniac Files branch of his Liquid Cool universe, a cyber-noir detective sequence set in the immense, rain-soaked city of Metropolis. The 2018 novel follows private investigator Cruz through a case shaped by cyborgs, criminal networks, and competing centers of technological power. Dragon keeps the detective framework visible beneath the futuristic setting: a client, an investigation, dangerous streets, and a protagonist who relies on nerve and inference as much as advanced equipment. The book opens a three-part mini-series followed by Digital Samurai and The UFO Case, while remaining connected to the larger Liquid Cool chronology. That placement helps explain its mix of crime-thriller pacing, action, and humor. Across his different series, Dragon repeatedly builds complete worlds around recognizable genre structures, and this title uses the private-eye tradition to make a densely imagined future city accessible.