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In a new series, hard SF by a world-famous award-winner. Dore Konstantin is officer in charge of TechnoCrime, Artificial Reality Division and, as if handling a heavy case-load almost single-handed wasn't enough, she's now got a stalker to deal with. Extremely wealthy Hasting Dervish is the stalker according to Susannah Ell -- and she should know. Firstly, she's the one being stalked; secondly, she used to be married to Dervish. Worse, Susannah claims he's swapped places with an ambitious Al, and now Dervish has all the processing power he needs to infiltrate every line of code in Susannah's AR design studio. Meanwhile the Al is using Dervish's body as a base to visit AR, and hanging out in the gambling casions of the Lowdown Hong Kong mound. This is where Goku of a Japanese law-enforcement agency, comes in. Since he likes going into AR in the persona of a nine-year-old kid, this really makes Konstantin unhappy. But if she's going to get the goods on Hastings Dervish, she'll have to deal with Goku.
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A detective/science fiction novel set in Artificial Reality.
The following is the jacket copy (publisher's description) for Dervish is Digital.
The following is the jacket copy (publisher's description) for Dervish is Digital.
Detective Lieutenant Doré Konstantin is up against it. And she still can't find the fabled Out Door.
Konstantin is Chief Officer in charge of TechnoCrime, Artificial Reality Division. In fact, she is the AR Division - unless you count her subordinates, Celestine and DiPietro. Most of the time, Konstantin doesn't count them, and puts them on loan to auto crime. Now, as if handling her heavy case load almost single-handed weren't enough, she's got a stalker to deal with.
Hasting Dervish, who's so rich he lives in the Key West enclave, where all legal records are sealed and the local police are bought and sold, is the stalker. At least, that's what Susannah Ell claims, and she should know. Two reasons: first, she's the one being stalked; second, she used to be married to Dervish. Worse, Susannah says Dervish is a race traitor - to the human race. He's swapped places with an ambitious AI, and now Dervish has all the processing power he needs to infiltrate every line of code in Susannah's AR design studio. And the AI? It's using Dervish's body as a base to visit AR, hanging out in the gambling casinos of the Lowdown Hong Kong mound.
Which is where the guys from the East/West Precinct, a Japanese law enforcement agency, come in. Specifically, Goku, who often likes to go into AR in the persona of a nine year old kid. Which really makes Konstantin unhappy. But if she's going to get the goods on Hastings Dervish, she'll have to deal with Goku.
Pat Cadigan, two-time winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of the year, introduced us to Doré Konstantin in Tea from an Empty Cup, which Salon magazine called "a tightly plotted, crisply written novel that fits the classic noir mystery template set down by the likes of Raymond Chandler more comfortably than anything William Gibson has ever written". If you felt the way Salon did about Konstantin first time out, you're going to love her second case. Fast, funny, packed with brilliant ideas, it's how crime investigations are going to be the day after tomorrow. Get ahead of the game - mug up on it now.
Dervish is Digital will be published as a "C Format" (trade) paperback. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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