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Synopsis
Some futures just shouldn't exist.
From the acclaimed author of The Shift and Contraband comes an intricately plotted, lushly written tale of a young composer trapped in a world turning mad--where imagination and free music will soon be the worst kinds of crime....
In a dark and not-so-distant future, whole populations are addicted to virtual sensation--and vast bureaucracies are using deadly force to rid themselves of troublemakers. Within this world, small, self-contained communities--called nodes, or cruces--live in an anarchistic freedom that threatens organized society. This is the world of accordionist and composer Soledad MacCrae.
When the cruce of Bamaca on the South American coast is destroyed, Soledad flees to northern California in search of a Yanqui node to give her refuge. But terrifyingly realistic dreams of her old city intrude on her peace. It soon becomes clear that Soledad's visions of her doomed home have somehow turned into a black prediction of how the bureaucracies will wipe out the American node.
Now, to save her new refuge, Soledad must uncover the deadly secret that lies at the heart of her old life, particularly her passionate love affair with rebel poet Jorge Echeverria, whose incendiary poems she once set to music. For music is the final key, not only to the bureaucracies' deadly plans, but to the ultimate mystery of her own survival.
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Praise for George Foy:
"A storyteller who, like Conrad, can compress into a tale you can't put down all the complexities of a time and place."
--Doris Lessing
"Imagine Michael Crichton crossed with Robert Ludlum and you get the idea."
--Cape Cod Times
"One of the most suspenseful, and personally stirring [voices], that I have ever read."
--Dandelion magazine
Also by George Foy:
The Shift:
"A compelling noir mix of science-fiction thrills, virtual-reality wonders and 19th-century horror...combines elements of The Alienist and Lawnmower Man...Absolutely terrifying."
--Publishers Weekly
Contraband:
"A tour de force on the frontiers of the imagination."
--The Times (London)
About the Author
One of today's most distinguished science fiction writers, George Foy is the author of five acclaimed thrillers and two well-received literary novels. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship for 1994-95.
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- PublisherSpectra
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0553379305
- ISBN 13 9780553379303
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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