Global warming has reshaped Britain, with most of the larger cities drowned in a catastrophic flood. In the remaining ruins, survivors must adjust to a harsh new society where freedom has become a luxury few can afford, rights are an indulgence, and the State sees all.
When a body is discovered at an abandoned transit
camp, Detective Corsa Moran is troubled by two key questions. Why can the
victim not be identified when everyone in the post-flood surveillance society
is registered and recorded? And why does such a well-dressed body bear the
scars of a poor and violent past?
In the face of official indifference and
hostility, Corsa pursues the killer even as she faces deepening crises in her
personal life. The trail leads her through the homes of those without status to
the door of a powerful and dangerous enemy.
Corsa knows that she is uncovering the truth of
something much deeper than a brutal murder. She knows that to continue the
investigation could end her career, and put her life in danger.
But she does not know how to stop.
The Corsa Moran series is set in a ruined Britain
where people scrape out a living and society is only just holding together. It
is Corsa's story, seen entirely from her perspective creating a vivid picture
of life in an all-too-plausible future.
Review:
Second book in the series and Senior Detective Corsa Moran is finding herself in the hot seat again. Finding a body of a young man in an empty immigration building sets of a series of event that change the way Corsa looks upon the new world system.
From knife fighters to underhand child adoptions, Corsa faces it all, but this time she seems to have a little team, willing to help and be ready for anything.
I love Corsa Moran as a character. She is rude, ruthless and always on the side of what is right and she is not afraid to step on toes to get to the truth even when it means losing something she treasures. And whilst reporters dig into her personal life and put the man she loves in danger, she faces an enemy much bigger than she ever expected – she just has to work out how to take them down.
I enjoyed this second book even more than the first as it delved deeper into the schematics of the new world, created after the floods. It’s a fascinating read with flashes of future that is no so unbelievable as we might like to think!
Thank you to TBConFB and the author for access to this book.
Rating: 5/5
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