Elixir

by Christopher Buecheler

His country is shattered. His city is dying. Clay Foster is fighting a losing battle against the dark tide that threatens to engulf Brooklyn. Science stopped the rising of the ocean waters at seven meters, but it has found no answer for Elixir. The drug has infiltrated every stratum of society. Terry is dead. at first he believed his wife’s death was an accident, but then he found the hair. The photo. The rearranged office. Who searched his home and hurled his wife from the balcony? What were they looking for, and what happened to her SynchDrive full of data? To gain answers, he’ll visit the flooded, lawless slum of Red Hook, the dangerous ganglands of Crown Heights, the ruined hellscape of Union City, and the shining walled fortress of Manhattan. In the process, he’ll stumble into a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the murder of one woman to touch countless millions in New York and beyond. At its end, Terry’s assassin awaits.

Genres: Fiction

412 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 3, 2018

About the author

Christopher Buecheler has written ten novels and published five. He is also a web developer, a musician, an illustrator, a mixologist, and a fan of video games and the NBA.

He lives a semi-nomadic existence with his wonderful wife Charlotte and their two cats, Carbomb and Baron Salvatore H. Lynx II. Currently they reside in Providence, RI.

You can visit him at http://www.cwbwriting.com

Reviews

[Alastair McDermott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elixir is a fast paced "whodunnit" set in a dystopian near future New York City. It's well written: strong world-building and realistic characters. I hadn't heard the term technothriller before, but that's what this is. It's a pacey page-turner with no filler - it held my attention, and I look forward to reading the next one when it's out.