The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn"t care: they"re addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom"s wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he"s lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result.

Nick may be a lost soul but he"s still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor"s son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.

A provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible, "Flashback" proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Flashback (Dan Simmons)