It's December 2042 and Tex Murphy, last of the old-style P.I., has hit rock bottom. A run tough luck and a soured marriage have left Tex Murphy nursing a bottle of cheap bourbon and wishing he could sink right into the pavement. Then a priceless statuette is stolen. From the shadow bacl streets of post-apocalyptic San Francisco come rumors that an ancient evil, foretold by prophecy and worshipped by an ancient blood cult, has mysteriously reawakened. When Tex Murphy is hired to find the statuette he plunges into a labyrinth of deceit, manipulation, and murder. He'll need all of his P.I. instincts and every ounce of Tex Murphy savoir faire to resist the seduction of darkness and stop the forces of evil-before the terrifying prophecies become reality. Reading the novelization of Under a Killing Moon and playing the game are almost like experiencing two totally different stories. The main characters and plot are the same, but there are even vast differences there as well. Many minor characters from the game play a bigger roles in the book, such as Eddie Ching and Alaynah Moore. There are other differences as well, such as the Knickerbocker being located in Mexico City, and a greater exploration of the Moon Child. In the Under a Killing Moon Strategy Guide, it is said that Aaron Conner's original script for the game was about four times as large as the final product. This book is, is a way of telling the story as it was originally conceived.
				It's the year 2042, and post World War III San Francisco is a seedy, readioactive dive, but P.I. Tex Murphy calls it home. The women in Tex's life are either washed up or shipping out, and this private dick is is singing the lonesome gumshoe blues. Jack Daniels seems more like family every day for Tex Murphy. Until one night at the Brew&Stew... Project Bluebook was the official government investigation of Unidenified Flying Object that examined, among other things, the "incident" at Roswell, New Mexico. The official story has been told: the Roswell crash was a balloon, nothing more. Project Bluebook was closed. But the real story is that Project Bluebook became Project Blueprint and helped start Worl War III. How does Tex Murphy get involved? Well, he meets an old Cubana-smoking gent who's looking for a missing friend. It doesn't seem like much of a case at first, but then Tex Murphy has never been very good at staying out of trouble...and this time hhe's in for a lots of trouble! This novel is quite a bit more faithful to the game than the Under a Killing Moon novel, seeing as how the game based on the book. There are some minor descriptive differentces , and a few of the events are different, but the novel and the book are both quite alike. Pick the book up anyway, and if you've played the game, it'll make the book all that more enjoyable. It makes the action easier to visualize when you already know what everything looks like!