A virtuosic mashup of Philip K.
As the murder investigation intensifies, Cal begins to unravel the complicated threads of what should have been a straightforward case, and it becomes clear he\'s on the trail of a crime whose roots run deep into the dark heart of the world..
And not just any--she is Stefan\'s daughter, heir to the massive Tonfamecasca empire.
In fact, his own ex-girlfriend, Athena, is a Titan.
But these modified magnates are Cal\'s specialty. a murdered Titan is unimaginable. . .
A dead Titan is big news .
T7 turns average humans into near-immortal distortions of themselves--with immense physical proportions to match their ostentatious, unreachable lifestyles.
There are only a few thousand Titans worldwide, thanks to Stefan Tonfamecasca\'s discovery of the controversial T7 genetic therapy, which elevated his family to godlike status.
And this case is definitely Cal\'s thing.
Tebbit is a Titan--one of this dystopian, near-future society\'s genetically altered elites.
And although he doesn\'t look a day over thirty, he is ninety-one years old.
But when he arrives on scene, Cal soon learns that the victim--Roddy Tebbit, an otherwise milquetoast techie--is well over seven feet tall.
So when he\'s called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he\'s surprised by the routineness of it all. -- The New York Times Book Review Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. --William Gibson, New York Times best-selling author of Agency An exemplar of its genre, Titanium Noir twists and turns between excellent fun and deep melancholy. - Cross-genre brilliance from the superbly talented Nick Harkaway.
Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel--the story of a detective investigating the murder of a Titan, one of society\'s most powerful, medically-enhanced elites.
A virtuosic mashup of Philip K
