num_pages: 407
description: This noir fantasy thriller from a debut author introduces the gritty town of Titanshade where danger lurks around every corner. Take a little Mickey Spillane some Dashiell Hammet a bit of Raymond Chandler and mix it with Phillip K. Dick's Blade Runner; add a taste of CJ Box and Craig Johnson and you've got a masterpiece of a first novel. --W. Michael Gear New York Times bestselling authorCarter's a homicide cop in Titanshade an oil boomtown where 8-tracks are state of the art disco rules the radio and all the best sorcerers wear designer labels. It's also a metropolis teetering on the edge of disaster. As its oil reserves run dry the city's future hangs on a possible investment from the reclusive amphibians known as Squibs.But now negotiations have been derailed by the horrific murder of a Squib diplomat. The pressure's never been higher to make a quick arrest even as Carter's investigation leads him into conflict with the city's elite. Undermined by corrupt coworkers and falsified evidence and with a suspect list that includes power-hungry politicians oil magnates and mad scientists Carter must find the killer before the investigation turns into a witch-hunt and those closest to him pay the ultimate price on the filthy streets of Titanshade.
language: English
title: Titanshade
publisher: DAW