<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,nbsp;the city has been carved up between the Chinese and the Muslims, and the USA isnbsp;bankrupt.nbsp;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 ]