Publisher: Five Star Press Format: Trade Hardcover This hardcover book is issued unsigned, but our copies will be autographed by the author! Description: Cover art by Alan M. Clark. Welcome to the post apocalyptic world of Wyatt Weston, where most of the population lives within a single sprawling city in a perpetual state of psychosis, poverty, denial. It is a place without mass media, private transportation, where police hover above the streets keeping order, where knowledge is limited to one's immediate surroundings, the collective amnesia of the population. Wyatt rises from the bottom of the foodchain searching for his sanity, his memory, his missing lover, and the solution to why parts of his body dissolve while he sleeps. Wyatt's only marketable skill is his ability to kill, kill fast, kill often—a skill prized by those who rule and live within the Heartland, a protective dome beyond the city. He is recruited by Victor Crist, a bizarre father figure, who needs Wyatt to help him upend the existing world order by unleashing an ancient weapon upon the unsuspecting city—the weapon that brought the world we know to an end. Paul L. Bates lives on a wooded acre in eastern Massachusetts. "Bates vividly realizes a surrealistic, haunting world; unforgettable characters; and a mature narrative style that, in a first novel, spotlights him as a promising new voice in sf." --Carl Hays ALA Booklist "Bates imagines a dystopic future of restricted knowledge and omnipresent police observation, a world in which a few people struggle to remain human against the odds. Dark though with a hint of hopefulness, this sf debut is suitable for large libraries." --Jackie Cassada, Library Journal "Paul L. Bates has written a work that takes the reader one step beyond the edge." --Harriet Klausner Availability: Usually ships within 2-3 business days. Retail price: $25.95 |
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