The Song of Synth
Published on 4. August 2015
144 pages
978-1-940456-30-0 (ISBN)
Description
Williams Burroughs meets Philip K. Dick in this dystopian drug-fueled novel set in the not-so-distant future.
Synth is a drug able to induce hallucinations indistinguishable from reality. But it's brand new, highly addictive, and more than likely dangerous. Even the dealers peddling the pills don't know what long term effects the drug will have on its users. For Markus Olsen, Synth offers an easy escape to his crumbling life. Markus, an ex-hacker, has been caught red-handed, and while his friends were sent to jail for thirty years, Markus decided to cooperate, agreeing to lend his services and particular criminal expertise to Viborg City's secret service, aiding the oppressive state power he'd been fighting to break in exchange for his relative freedom.
But Markus' past as an anarchist comes back to haunt him, in the form of a credit card with no account but an seemingly unlimited balance as well as the discovery of a mysterious novel in which he is a main character. How much of his reality is being produced by Synth? How disconnected from real life has Markus become? Forced to face his past and the decisions he's made, Markus must decide to choose between the artificial comfort of his constructed life and the harsh reality of treason and the struggle for freedom.
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Synth is a drug able to induce hallucinations indistinguishable from reality. But it's brand new, highly addictive, and more than likely dangerous. Even the dealers peddling the pills don't know what long term effects the drug will have on its users. For Markus Olsen, Synth offers an easy escape to his crumbling life. Markus, an ex-hacker, has been caught red-handed, and while his friends were sent to jail for thirty years, Markus decided to cooperate, agreeing to lend his services and particular criminal expertise to Viborg City's secret service, aiding the oppressive state power he'd been fighting to break in exchange for his relative freedom.
But Markus' past as an anarchist comes back to haunt him, in the form of a credit card with no account but an seemingly unlimited balance as well as the discovery of a mysterious novel in which he is a main character. How much of his reality is being produced by Synth? How disconnected from real life has Markus become? Forced to face his past and the decisions he's made, Markus must decide to choose between the artificial comfort of his constructed life and the harsh reality of treason and the struggle for freedom.
Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
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Seb Doubinsky is a bilingual French writer, born in Paris in 1963. He has published a number of novels and poetry collections in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. He currently lives in Aarhus, Denmark, with his wife and their two children.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- 1. The Potemkin Overtrue
- One. Subject Positions
- Two. Curtains
- Three. Region
- Four. Ground
- Five. Region 2
- Six. Shift
- Seven. Commonplace Feathers
- Eight. Animals
- Nine. Waiting on the Line
- 2. The Dreaming Chambers of Samarqand
- The Silence of the Streets
- One.
- Two.
- Three.
- Four.
- Five.
- Six.
- Seven.
- Eight.
- Nine.
- Ten.
- Eleven.
- Twelve.
- Thirteen.
- Fourteen.
- Echoes
- Fifteen.
- Sixteen.
- Seventeen.
- Dissonances
- Eighteen.
- Nineteen.
- Twenty.
- Twenty One.
- Twenty Two.
- The Sound of One Hand Clapping
- Twenty Three.
- Twenty Four.
- Twenty Five.
- Twenty Six.
- Twenty Seven.
- Twenty Eight.
- Twenty Nine.
- Thirty.
- Thirty One.
- Thirty Two.
- Thirty Three.
- Flutes and Skin-Drums
- Thirty Four.
- Thirty Five.
- Mongolian Throat Chant
- Thirty Six.
- Thirty Seven.
- Thirty Eight.
- Thirty Nine.
- Fourty.
- Fourty One.
- A Moment of Near Silence
- Fourty Two.
- Fourty Three.
- Fourty Four.
- Fourty Five.
- Trafic Noise
- Fourty Six.
- Fourty Seven.
- Fourty Eight.
- The Song of the Birds
- Fourty Nine.
- Fifty.
- Fifty One.
- Dodecaphony
- Fifty Two.
- Fifty Three.
- Fifty Four.
- Fifty Five.
- Fifty Six.
- Freejazz
- Fifty Seven.
- Fifty Eight.
- Fifty Nine.
- Sixty.
- Sixty One.
- Sixty Two.
- Sixty Three.
- The Dreaming Chambers of Samarqand
- Sixty Four.
- Sixty Five.
- Wind on Wind
- Sixty Six.
- Sixty Seven.
- About the Author
