TY  - BOOK
AU  - McKinney,Chris
TI  - Midnight, Water City
SN  - 9781641292405
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Soho Crime
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Dystopian fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Novels
N2  - "2150: An unnamed police detective receives a message from Akira Kimura, the preeminent scientist and living legend who vanquished a world-ending meteor thirty years ago. As Akira's former head of security-and perhaps her only friend-he is one of the few who knows of the sacrifices that were necessary for her to complete Ascalon, the cosmic ray that neutralized the global threat. Ascalon's Scar remains emblazoned in the sky, a permanent reminder of humanity's close call with extinction. When he arrives at Akira's home and finds her methodically dismembered, he must dig into their shared past-with the help of a mysterious synesthesia that no one else knows he has-to find her killer. Through a future of underwater cities, floating suburbs, skin-dyed teenagers, and a wealth gap that has outlived a near-apocalypse, McKinney's cinematic novel is the perfect blend of dark cyberpunk and thrilling detective procedural, all while posing the ultimate question of what we are willing to sacrifice to engineer the world we want"--
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