New York Blues

Hal Halliday's partner Barney Kluger is dead and Hal is keeping the business going without really knowing why. The only person who needs him and who keeps him going is the streetgirl who brings him free meals from her noodle bar. But then a holodrama star approaches Hal to find her sister and Hal is drawn into the world of dreams set up by VR magnate Mantoni. Eric Brown is unique amongst the new generation of British SF writers in the sensitivity and depth of his characterisation. His novels are infused with a strong empathy for ordinary people and display a willingness to examine family, happiness and mortality, using the rules of SF to ask fundamental questions about our lives and beliefs.