A Cold and Distant Memory
by Geo L. Duncan
Category: Fiction

In the balkanized United States of 2053, whites, blacks, and Hispanics have their own sections, as do senior citizens and the young. There is a growing divide between the genetically enhanced "genrich" humans and the "genpoor" population. Robots are used as criminal enforcers. Clinics can erase or create memories. Bio-human synthetics give the seven deadly sins a few new wrinkles. But one thing hasn't change -- murder remains a staple of human life. With this balkanized America as the backdrop, private detective Jerico Drake searches for a missing aide to a U.S. Senator. But the beautiful aide has left several dead bodies in her wake, and has antagonized powerful criminals and lethal lobbying groups. Drake must sort through the human wreckage of evil and corruption to find the aide and keep her safe, and in doing so, also find a degree of grace.