In his acclaimed novels "Dr. Adder, The Glass Hammer, " and the
"Blade Runner" books, K.W. Jeter masterfully re-created the grim
and gritty world of Ridley Scott's classic science fiction film
masterpiece. Now Jeter returns with a startling and stylish new
vision of the future as only he could imagine it, a dark and
disturbing universe that can be described with one word...
Welcome to the Pacific Rim, the new center of the civilized world.
As the rest of the planet sinks toward economic and social
disaster, the cities on the coast have become a neon-lit, high-tech
paradise. Chief among them is Los Angeles, a sparkling metropolis
attracting lost souls from across a shattered continent.
But beneath the sleek surface lies a labyrinthine underground
feeding on the darkest human desires. Here the wealthy seek
forbidden thrills through an anonymous on-line computer system that
makes use of prowlers--masked simulations of human users programmed
to delve into the most taboo of the hard-core sexual underworld and
bring back exotic and erotic experiences to their safeguarded
users. For most people, the prowlers are a way to indulge in their
wildest sexual fantasies. But for others, they are something far
more dangerous.
When a young executive of one of the world's most powerful
corporations is found brutally slain, a retired ex-cop is called in
to find his missing prowler. The corporation believes the young
man's prowler is still "alive" and they want it found, but they
don't care to reveal why.
McNihil was an information cop forced into early retirement. He
knows he is walking straight into a trap, but he has no choice. He
must descend into the noir underground, his only companion a
ruthless female operative named November who has a desperate agenda
of her own. Together they will uncover a web of evil far more
extensive than McNihil ever imagined...a vast conspiracy that
threatens to blur forever the line between the sane safety of the
daylight world and the dark, dangerous world of noir.
"Noir" is K.W. Jeter at his very best, a dazzling and inventive
futuristic drama of mystery, menace, and sexual terror set in a
society of glitter and sinister darkness in which no one can be
trusted and everything is far worse than it seems.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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