Flashback

A provocative dystopian thriller set in a future that seems scarily possible, Flashback<\/i> proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers.<\/b> <\/p> The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn\'t care: they\'re addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives.

After ex-detective Nick Bottom\'s wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he\'s lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result. <\/p> Nick may be a lost soul but he\'s still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor\'s son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.