The Static Between Heartbeats
The Static Between Heartbeats
Don’t Close Your Eyes to the Future
About the Book
In the rain-slicked metropolis of New Ouroboros, memories are the city’s most valuable export. Through "Echo-Tech," the living can rent the experiences of the dead—the thrill of a first kiss, the adrenaline of a mountain climb, or the peace of a quiet afternoon. But these memories come "dirty," stained with the trauma of the dying moment. That’s where Elias Thorne comes in. As a high-tier Memory Technician, Elias spends his days submerged in the neural debris of strangers, scrubbing away the pain so the data can be resold. He is the best in the business because he feels nothing—until he plugs into a "blank" chip from an anonymous donor. Instead of a stranger’s past, Elias is thrust into a terrifyingly vivid vision of the future. He feels the cold steel of a blade, hears the splash of rain on neon pavement, and looks into a mirror to see his own dying eyes. The location is a plaza that is still under construction; the timestamp on the digital clock in the memory is only seven days away. Now, Elias is a dead man walking. To stop his own murder, he must navigate a labyrinth of corporate conspiracies and "Memory Pirates" who deal in forbidden, unscrubbed deaths. But in a city where the powerful can rewrite history by editing the memories of the masses, Elias begins to wonder: Is he hunting a killer, or is he a pawn in a game where his death has already happened?
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