Synopses & Reviews
When Mike Galloway, a regular sort of guy for San Francisco, 2014, descends into the nightmare world of poverty and joblessness, he finds he must face more than starvation and homelessness. He's now at the mercy of a deadly world of political intrigue...from the future. He awakens to find his mind has been slipped into the body of a homeless woman, his body taken over by a man from the future, and nothing can ever be the same.
Now, to survive, he must combat neo-Nazi forces from the future who are desperate to mold the world to fit their own twisted vision. Galloway might not have thought the world perfect as it was, but these men will stop at nothing to make it a living hell for everyone but their chosen few.
Review
"Characters; the beautiful, eroded city; and a vividly imagined society make this compelling reading." --
Booklist"[Dedman] explores the illusory borders of gender and race in this fast-paced SF adventure." --Library Journal
"The story concept itself will hook readers in. Dedman works out a satisfying ending without making his protagonist overly heroic or pushing a false-toned happily-ever-after." --Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Mike Galloway is struggling to get by in a twenty-first-century depression. He helps a homeless woman named Swifty and senses trouble, but doesn't realize she's a time traveller with a predatory agenda until he wakes up in her body. Galloway embarks on a journey of personal discovery that holds surprising revelations about Swifty's origins in the far future. Caught up in a racist cult with a charismatic leader who may be a time traveller gone mad, Galloway's story, told with sensitivity and emotional clarity, is a chilling, entertaining thriller.
Synopsis
When Mike Galloway, a regular sort of guy for San Francisco, 2014, descends into the nightmare world of poverty and joblessness, he finds he must face more than starvation and homelessness. He's now at the mercy of a deadly world of political intrigue...from the future. He awakens to find his mind has been slipped into the body of a homeless woman, his body taken over by a man from the future, and nothing can ever be the same.
Now, to survive, he must combat neo-Nazi forces from the future who are desperate to mold the world to fit their own twisted vision. Galloway might not have thought the world perfect as it was, but these men will stop at nothing to make it a living hell for everyone but their chosen few.
About the Author
Stephen Dedman is the author of the novels
Foreign Bodies and
The Art of Arrow Cutting. The latter was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Horror Novel. His award-nominated short fiction has appeared in most major genre magazines, including
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov's, and
SF Age, as well as such highly regarded anthologies as
Little Deaths, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Dreaming Down Under, and
Centaurus. A collection of his short work,
The Lady of Circumstances, was published in 1999. He lives in Perth, Australia, and is currently working on a third novel of magic noir.