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This is a waterlogged, semi-buried Madrid of the near future….
Blood on the Saddle
What you need to know before your trail
Dickens & Clot Investigations Ltd is a detective agency in a waterlogged, semi-buried Madrid of the near future.
It has a couple of unusual specialities: helping distraught authors and taking on Manex Chopeitia.
The authors are frantically in search of characters who’ve quit the page and assumed a life of their own; Manex Chopeitia is the legendary Big Brother of the genetic-engineering company that rules over both the capital and the destiny of the US-Iberian Federation.
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Madrid in the flooded future
“Elbows on the window sill, I observed the sailing ships moored in the port and the bicycle ferry that linked Calles Genova and Goya. The Castellana Canal crossed the city from north to south and had already become the main communications route between the centre and the rest of the peninsula.”
“Upstream were the marinas of the villas of the Enclaves: Aravaca, Pozuelo, Puerta de Hierro; fortified houses and gardens with a pool, Christina and the vile Valencian’s where my daughter lived.”
“Towards the south, the city throbbed like an infected wound…”
“On clear days I espied the unloading wharf of Puerto Atocha…”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Blood on the Saddle
Author/Guide: Rafael Reig Destination: Madrid Departure Time: Future
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