New York Nights: Volume One Of The Virex Trilogy

Is the real world the best place to be--or would we be happier living in a perfect virtual universe, where we have complete control? The lost, the refugees from the radioactive Eastern seaboard, the lonely souls searching for sanctuary: New York, in 2040, is a good place and a good time to be working for Missing Persons. For Hal Halliday and Barney Kluger, the booming business means not having to think about either the past or their uncomfortable present. Then Hal goes in search of a missing computer tech called Sissi Nigeria and gets pulled into a bizarre world of countercultures and virtual-reality domains. And suddenly, he can't hide from his memories anymore.A gripping novel set in a future wild with possibilities. New York in 2040 is a city of the lost. A good place to work in Missing Persons. But business is not quite good enough for Hal Halliday to forget his sister, burned alive when only child all those years ago. And now VR offers the chance of bringing her back, the future may yet allow Hal to live in the past. If he can survive the next job . . . In the 21st century, America is struggling for survival following a series of terrorist attacks on its nuclear power stations. New York is now a shanty town and the big software companies are creating a new generation of VR environments to give people back the lives they have lost.