num_pages: 202
description: She's a policewoman with a past. In a future ruled by AI one bad decision could get her killed... or worse.New York 2055. Former UN Marine Alice Yu is a beat-down cop running from guilt in a bankrupt city. Brutally ambushed and left for dead she's powerless to prevent a ruthless crime boss from abducting the partner she idolizes. Though it will cost her job in a world with 99% unemployment she vows to bring him back from the lawless and forbidden Fourth Ward Territory.Fighting through injuries and resurfacing trauma Yu relentlessly tracks her mentor's trail. But when her PTSD flares in the face of a cartel death squad her bloody background could spell her demise. And if she doesn't succeed the entire city is doomed.Can Yu save the man she failed or will her quest for redemption become a suicide mission?The Paradise Factory is the pulse-pounding first book in the Cortex cyberpunk science fiction series. If you like gritty heroines loyal friends and dystopian high-tech worlds then you'll love Jim Keen's action-packed adventure.
language: English
title: The Paradise Factory
publisher: Transmission Digital