内容简介
TheUnitedStatesisneartotalcollapse.But87%ofthepopulationdoesn'tcare:they'readdictedtoflashback,adrugthatallowsitsuserstore-experiencethebestmomentsoftheirlives.Afterex-detectiveNickBottom'swifediedinacaraccident,hewentundertheflashtobewithher;he'slosthisjob,histeenageson,andhislivelihoodasaresult.Nickmaybealostsoulbuthe'sstillagoodcop,soheishiredtoinvestigatethemurderofatopgovernmentaladvisor'sson.Thisflashback-addictbecomestheonemanwhomaybeabletochangethecourseofanentirenationturningawayfromthefuturetoliveinthepast.Aprovocativenovelsetinafuturethatseemsscarilypossible,FLASHBACKproveswhyDanSimmonsisoneofourmostexcitingandversatilewriters.