Flashback
Terrorism and ultra-violence plague a once powerful society, whose only escape is to numb itself on flashback: a euphoric yet cripplingly addictive regression drug. Ex-cop and addict Nick Bottom has seen flashback take his badge, his reputation and the love of his son. Alone and in despair, he...
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Terrorism and ultra-violence plague a once powerful society, whose only escape is to numb itself on flashback: a euphoric yet cripplingly addictive regression drug.
Ex-cop and addict Nick Bottom has seen flashback take his badge, his reputation and the love of his son. Alone and in despair, he has hit rock bottom.
Nick is about to receive a proposition. Billionaire magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs his services, and, in particular, his memories.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780857389565
Publish date: 2011-07
Publisher: Quercus
Pages no: 618
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Mystery,
Politics,
Thriller,
Horror,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Suspense
In this novel Simmons faces the eighties dystopia nightmares, now usual for the Science Fiction fans. A science fiction novel with a soft retro taste, a plot painted with the classic shades of techno thriller. However, a great writer like Simmons could not stop to trace the footsteps of other greats...
Right now things aren't looking good for reading Simmons books again. I'd enjoyed The Terror a lot, I'm one of the few who rather liked Drood, and I was prepared to give him a pass on the Joe Kurtz books as I figured he was going for a stylistic aping of the pulps (replete with their of-the-time cas...
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this book. It's a lot of things; near-future dystopia, murder mystery, violent political thriller, tale of addiction and recovery and (partial) redemption. On most of these fronts it succeeds admirably. It starts slowly but builds up to become a gripping tale th...
America is broke, on the decline and hooked on Flashback, a drug that lets you relive past events. Nick is a former policeman, investigating the murder of the son of a highly placed Japanese leader in Los Angeles, and pining for his dead wife. Sobering look into what could be our future.
Nick Bottom, once a detective with the Denver Police Department, once a family man with a wife and young son and a beautiful little house set among greenery and mountain views, has been, for the last half decade, an addict. He, like 85 percent of the rest of the population of what's left of the Uni...
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