This classic is back in print, this time as an updated, third edition with extensive additional scenes and a fantastic, unexpected ending. Also with new illustrations throughout.In a future where the dead walk the streets, Ralph Crocker finds everyone really is out to get him, from a cyborg named Death, to genetically enhanced government agents, to robotic policemen. In order to stay alive, he must find the inventor of a strange drug that alters perceptions -- and perhaps even reality.
In his quest, Ralph travels streets worked by automated prostitutes, to an Antarctic tourist trap, to virtual worlds where anything can happen.
This is science fiction at its best: tight plotting, witty narrative, characters that come alive, and an exciting yet often