Timothy C Ryan

Retro City Timothy C Ryan

The day I traded in my bad heart for a mechanical one, my father told me I was dead to him, that I had become one of them - a machine. You see, I grew up hearing tales about machines replacing people, computer programs taking over companies, and remotely-operated war drones eliminating faceless enemies that were no more than a blip on the screen. I'd dismissed it all as Retro propaganda designed to keep young people from seeking their fortune in the modern 33rd century; that is, until I came face to face with those nightmares. My name is Jack Sung Lee. I'm an agent for the Council of Worlds. Yeah, I'm that crazy cop from Retro City, the city where people reject the modern life of cybernetic body parts and smart phones implanted right in the brain. It was my Retro past that made me the perfect choice to lead the investigation. An expert on cybernetics was murdered with all his implants surgically removed. The last person to see him alive was his client, a man on death row for killing his entire family, though he claimed his e-view implant was in control. No one believed him. Maybe no one wanted to. If e-view could control minds, then billions of people with the implants would panic and the cybernetics industry would lose trillions. Funny thing about being a Retro, I was the only cop willing to believe him. I had no idea the trouble that would bring me.