<i>Damage Time</i> is a rock-hard sci-fi thriller from the acclaimed author of <i>Winter Song</i>: no-one here gets out alive.<br><br><b>NEW YORK IS A MESS</b>. It's 2050 and sea-levels have swamped the coastal regions. The walls are failing, the city has been carved up between the Chinese and the Muslims, and the USA is bankrupt. Detective Peter Shah serves with the NYPD as a Memory Association Specialist - reading the last memories of murder victims. When he's accused of killing a glamorous woman in a bar, he must find the killer, save himself... and the city.<br><br>File Under: Science Fiction [ A Decaying USA | Shattered Cops | Wrongful Arrest | Murderous Secrets ]