Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway
Category: Crime
Tags: Crime, Sci-Fi
Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when hes called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, hes surprised by the routineness of it all. But when he arrives on scene, Cal soon learns that the victimRoddy Tebbit, an otherwise milquetoast techieis well over seven feet tall. And although he doesnt look a day over thirty, he is ninety-one years old. Tebbit is a Titanone of this dystopian, near-future societys genetically altered elites. And this case is definitely Cals thing., There are only a few thousand Titans worldwide, thanks to Stefan Tonfamecascas discovery of the controversial T7 genetic therapy, which elevated his family to godlike status. T7 turns average humans into near-immortal distortions of themselveswith immense physical proportions to match their ostentatious, unreachable lifestyles. A dead Titan is big news . . . a murdered Titan is unimaginable. But these modified magnates are Cals specialty. In fact, his own ex
