Publisher's Synopsis
"In this Dystopian fiction, Miles Valentine, detective, wakes up in a hospital bed with vague memories of the week before. He has a fleeting image of a body in the snow. He is being treated for injuries. He realizes his body has been augmented against his will. When he returns to the police station, he is tested and placed on leave. He decides to look into the injuries himself. He locates a picture of a woman and an address that strike a chord. Then, he begins to dig."
"With odds clearly against him, the former cop elicits his old-school detective skills and street sources. To find the truth, Miles stumbles into an unlikely partnership. Together, they discover a system of true crime, corporate greed, government corruption, and black-market trafficking that results in unfathomable power and wealth that sends humans spiraling into a subservient state of mind." Grab a free ebook with Kindle unlimited! Mary Lynn Leon (English and French teacher, and an editor)- "In this not-too-far-in-the-futuristic thriller, Arco imagines a civilization in which humans can be augmented with mechanical body parts that supposedly enhance humans' lives, physically and aesthetically. The concept is presented as believable and serves to hook the reader into a thriller that involves a crusty police detective and marvelously crafted villains who surface sometimes where least expected. The detective doesn't go it alone. Equally compelling are the misfits the detective assembles as allies by using his street smarts and sources from a lifetime of solving crimes. The unlikely team grows in the belief that they are onto something big.
Arco's book has all the makings of a highly entertaining page-turner. The result is a marvelous first foray into fiction. I truly was unable to put his book down and was wanting a sequel upon reaching the end."
