Flashback
Author | : Dan Simmons |
Publisher | : Reagan Arthur Books |
Total Pages | : 531 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780316132770 |
ISBN-13 | : 0316132772 |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A provocative dystopian thriller set in a future that seems scarily possible, Flashback proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers. The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn't care: they're addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom's wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he's lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result. Nick may be a lost soul but he's still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor's son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.