

There is no escape in the pursuit of hope. Chris Kelso's cult tale of nihilism and anarchy is back in print. On the way, he'll encounter androids in search of forbidden love, stalkers, pimps, teeth salesmen, evil dwarves, slumlords, knife-gangs, and the few lucky escapologists who uploaded their minds to the Hollow Earth simulation. Only one man, Lester Proctor-having buried his family who succumbed to the disease-is determined to find the mythic 'Cure' and restore some semblance of order to his city. The 14th Ward of Wire City has become a mecca of sin and excess ever since a depression virus tore its way through the denizens of the slumsphere. On the way, he'll encounter androids in search of forbidden love, stalkers, pimps, teeth salesmen, evil dwarves, slumlords, knife-gangs, and the few lucky escapologists who uploaded their minds to the Hollow. You feel it before you see it, The Black Dog-the Cimmerian demon with baleful breath, diminishing the light wherever it tracks.

