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Lost Time #1-3
Lost Time: Volume One
The complete first trilogy of the stunning sci-fi series Lost Time. For fans of Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, and the Matrix—a mind-bending sci-fi action blockbuster that'll keep you guessing all the way to the end.
They say you never forget the first time you die.
Toronto Police Service Detective Finsbury Gage knows this better than anyone. Now that he's gone digital, he sees his death every time he closes his eyes—he and his wife, smeared across the highway after a malfunctioning bit-head ran them down in a stolen urban assault vehicle. Fin hung together long enough for the Second Skyn recovery team to rescue his fading thoughts from his ruined body and implant them in a custom-grown bioSkyn. His wife wasn't so lucky.
Finsbury's been gifted a second chance, but the only thing keeping him from blowing his plastic brains out is that 2.57 seconds of vivid memory running on repeat through his head, the one that contains a instant's glimpse of his killer's face. The police couldn't find the man responsible, and now the only evidence is locked up in Finsbury's brand new mind.
Driven to find his killer, Finsbury falls into a dangerous underworld of hackable minds and enhanced bodies, where death is cheap, and memory all that matters. But once he's tasted the power of living at the speed of light, able to predict seconds into the future, how will he ever go back? And once he's relaxed his grip on humanity, how far will he let it slip in the name of finding justice for the woman he loves? Finsbury's going to find the man who stole his future, no matter what he has to do. Or what he must become.
*** The Lost Time series is a hard-edged cyberpunk noir in the spirit of Phillip K. Dick, Neal Stephenson, and William Gibson. If you love your sci-fi relentless and armed with twists, this is what you've been looking for. ***
Here's what people are
"Mashup Alice in Wonderland, Blade Runner, Total Recall, The Matrix and smatter it with some Larry Niven and you'll start to get a feeling for how many tracks this collection will have you on.. all at the same time and all at breakneck speed...Be prepared for what you can't prepare yourself for and you'll be richly rewarded." - Amazon.com Review
"Highly recommended for binge reading..." - Amazon.com Review
"Absolutely Riveting..." - Amazon.com Review
"A great concept and excellent writing. I think this just might be my new favorite series." - Amazon.com Review
"Scary technology and a ripping story-line..." - Amazon.co.uk Review
"This book is brilliant." - Amazon.ca Review
"Today we see that a compelling premise, revealed quickly, can suck readers right down the rabbit hole...and so far I am 100% hooked and chasing the rabbit as deep and as fast as the story hole will let me." - Jefferson Smith, CreativityHacker.ca
They say you never forget the first time you die.
Toronto Police Service Detective Finsbury Gage knows this better than anyone. Now that he's gone digital, he sees his death every time he closes his eyes—he and his wife, smeared across the highway after a malfunctioning bit-head ran them down in a stolen urban assault vehicle. Fin hung together long enough for the Second Skyn recovery team to rescue his fading thoughts from his ruined body and implant them in a custom-grown bioSkyn. His wife wasn't so lucky.
Finsbury's been gifted a second chance, but the only thing keeping him from blowing his plastic brains out is that 2.57 seconds of vivid memory running on repeat through his head, the one that contains a instant's glimpse of his killer's face. The police couldn't find the man responsible, and now the only evidence is locked up in Finsbury's brand new mind.
Driven to find his killer, Finsbury falls into a dangerous underworld of hackable minds and enhanced bodies, where death is cheap, and memory all that matters. But once he's tasted the power of living at the speed of light, able to predict seconds into the future, how will he ever go back? And once he's relaxed his grip on humanity, how far will he let it slip in the name of finding justice for the woman he loves? Finsbury's going to find the man who stole his future, no matter what he has to do. Or what he must become.
*** The Lost Time series is a hard-edged cyberpunk noir in the spirit of Phillip K. Dick, Neal Stephenson, and William Gibson. If you love your sci-fi relentless and armed with twists, this is what you've been looking for. ***
Here's what people are
"Mashup Alice in Wonderland, Blade Runner, Total Recall, The Matrix and smatter it with some Larry Niven and you'll start to get a feeling for how many tracks this collection will have you on.. all at the same time and all at breakneck speed...Be prepared for what you can't prepare yourself for and you'll be richly rewarded." - Amazon.com Review
"Highly recommended for binge reading..." - Amazon.com Review
"Absolutely Riveting..." - Amazon.com Review
"A great concept and excellent writing. I think this just might be my new favorite series." - Amazon.com Review
"Scary technology and a ripping story-line..." - Amazon.co.uk Review
"This book is brilliant." - Amazon.ca Review
"Today we see that a compelling premise, revealed quickly, can suck readers right down the rabbit hole...and so far I am 100% hooked and chasing the rabbit as deep and as fast as the story hole will let me." - Jefferson Smith, CreativityHacker.ca
842 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 7, 2017
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About the author
Damien Boyes
15 books16 followersDamien grew up on Terminator and Raymond Chandler and Green Lantern. On Deus Ex and PWEI. Blade Runner is his chicken soup when he's sick. He rereads Neuromancer every few years, and still loves the image of payphones ringing one by one as Case walks by, anachronistic or not.
He's a UX designer by day, a dad and husband by night, and a writer in the moments in between.
He's a UX designer by day, a dad and husband by night, and a writer in the moments in between.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
December 17, 2019
This book is a great book for people who love the rich tale telling of action packed, fantasy worlds which bring characters to life with car racing and the whole bit.
Unfortunately, this just wasn't my type of book. I thought it was very well written and despite my preferences, I did enjoy what I read.
Unfortunately, this just wasn't my type of book. I thought it was very well written and despite my preferences, I did enjoy what I read.
December 4, 2019
Good series - definitely recognized the ingredients here and appreciated the familiarity! Looking forwards to more of the same!
August 3, 2022
Lost Time
Enjoyable techno thriller that switches back and forth between two stories and two persons who are different yet the same. A real page Turner.
Enjoyable techno thriller that switches back and forth between two stories and two persons who are different yet the same. A real page Turner.
November 4, 2022
It's a really good premise. Just too drawn out for me.
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