DC Kal Vickers is out of his depth. Shadowy corporations. Bleeding-edge technology. One hundred billion dollar deals ... ... SILICON VALLEY is no regular beat. Vickers was hot stuff. Youngest detective in the Met's history. Flawless record. But that was then. Lately, he's been stuck playing it safe; going through the motions of his predictable London life. Cue a mysterious police exchange program, and the chance to reboot his career across the pond. To step outside his comfort zone, prove to himself he's still got ...
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DC Kal Vickers is out of his depth. Shadowy corporations. Bleeding-edge technology. One hundred billion dollar deals ... ... SILICON VALLEY is no regular beat. Vickers was hot stuff. Youngest detective in the Met's history. Flawless record. But that was then. Lately, he's been stuck playing it safe; going through the motions of his predictable London life. Cue a mysterious police exchange program, and the chance to reboot his career across the pond. To step outside his comfort zone, prove to himself he's still got what it takes. He'll have to learn fast when a high profile case throws him deep into an unfamiliar world where his only guide is an obnoxious, jaded detective focused more on her next meal than the work. It's going to be one heck of a week ... Det. Jules Brousse has had enough. Of her colleagues. Of the Administration. Of this godforsaken city where BIG TECH has all the power ... ... and none of the morals. Brousse is old-school. An analogue cop in a digital world where the odds are always stacked against her. She's made a career out of playing the scrappy underdog, fighting to hold the corporations to account for every corrupt move they make. But it's hard to keep fighting when all you take is L's. And for a while now, she's been running on empty. There's sure as hell not enough left in the tank to babysit some rookie detective exchange student. And what is he ... British? Is this a joke? He's a gadget geek; she's a technophobe. He's all polite British reserve; she's a compulsive cage-rattler. He plays by the rules; she threw away the rulebook without reading a single frickin' word. They must find a way to work together when one of the world's richest tech CEOs dies under bizarre circumstances on the eve of his company's takeover by a fierce rival. They must unravel an ever deepening mystery which leads them into the corrupt heart of the vibrant, retro-futuristic megacity of Silicon Valley. They must answer the question: Seriously, now: What actually is NEON VECTOR? ________________ From the mind of exciting new writer DREW RHYS comes a fresh and fun detective thriller that's "The X-Files meets Chinatown." Filled with sharp humour, larger-than-life characters and thrilling action, NEON VECTOR is cinematic mystery set in an alternate retro-present which reimagines Silicon Valley as a dazzling, technologically advanced megacity where fringe science is commonplace and egomaniacal CEOs lead country-sized megacorporations while vying for control of a hyper-capitalist, yet all too familiar vision of America. This is a standalone book which requires no further reading to enjoy. The plot contains frequent adult language and themes. Gleaming metropolis. Corporate dystopia. Welcome to WIRE CITY
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