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In his acclaimed novels Dr. Adder, the Edge Runner publications, and The Glass Hammer, K.W. Jeter genuinely re-made the harsh and gritty world of Ridley Scott's classic science-fiction movie masterpiece.  Now Jeter returns with a surprising and fashionable new perspective into the future as only he could envision it, a dark and troubling galaxy that may be explained with one-word,  Welcome towards the Pacific Side, the new heart of the civil world.  As the remainder of the earth basins toward financial and cultural catastrophe, the towns on the coast have grown to be a neon-lit, high-technology paradise.  Chief included in this is L A, a glowing city getting misplaced spirits from across a broken continent.  But underneath the smooth area lies a labyrinthine underground serving on the darkest human desires.  Here the rich seek unacceptable thrills via an anonymous on-line computer program which makes utilization of prowlers--disguised simulations of human customers designed to explore the most taboo of the hard-core sexual underworld and restore unique and sensual encounters with their secured users.  For most individuals, the prowlers are a method to enjoy their wildest sexual fantasies.  But for others, they're something much more dangerous.When a government of 1 of the planet's most powerful companies is located brutally slain, a retired ex-cop is known as in to locate his lost prowler.  The Company thinks the childis prowler continues to be "living" and they want to buy discovered, but they do not treatment to expose why.McNihil was an info policeman pressured into early retirement.  He understands he's walking right into a trap, but he's no choice.  He should infiltrate into the noir subterranean, his only friend a callous female operative called Nov who has a determined plan of her own.  Together they'll discover a web of evil much more substantial than McNihil actually thought,a huge conspiracy that threatens to blur permanently the line between your rational security of the sunshine earth and the black, harmful Globe of noir.Noir is K.W. Jeter at his best, a stunning and creative advanced crisis of nuisance, mystery, and erotic horror occur a culture of sparkle and menacing night by which no-one can be trusted and anything is significantly worse than it seems.  From the Hardcover version.