The Chrome Widow: A Neon-Noir Mystery, (Paperback)

<p><strong>Elias "Glass" Thorne used to be a cop. Now, he's just a man with a glitchy cybernetic eye and a mounting debt to the kind of people who collect in blood.</strong></p><p>When Sarah Vane walks into his office, she isn't just looking for a private investigator; she's looking for a miracle. Her husband, Arthur, is dead-the latest victim of a "Maglev Massacre" attributed to a sudden, violent bout of <strong>brain-burn</strong>. The official report is clean, but Sarah's story isn't: Arthur was a "Natural," a man who never touched a piece of chrome in his life.</p><p>A man with no hardware shouldn't be able to short-circuit.</p><p>Armed with nothing but a suspicious charity receipt and a wary tip from his old partner, Elias follows a trail of breadcrumbs from the neon-soaked gutters of the slums to the sterile, ivory towers of Aether-Biotech. Along the way, he'll have to dodge debt collectors, navigate the shifting loyalties of the street, and rely on a ghost from his past-a street kid who sees the things the city tries to hide.</p><p>As the "Chrome Widow's" secrets unravel, Elias discovers a conspiracy involving black-market wetware that goes deeper than a corporate ledger. In a world where memories can be rewritten and souls can be digitized, Elias is about to learn that some secrets are buried for a reason-and the cost of digging them up might be his last remaining shred of humanity.</p><p></p>

• The Chrome Widow: A Neon-Noir Mystery, (Paperback)
• Author: Lorcan Pike
• ISBN: 9798256084707
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-04
• Page Count: 226