Days of Atonement

Williams, Walter Jon

ISBN 10: 0812501802 / ISBN 13: 9780812501803

Published by Tor Books, 1992

Seller Inventory # 0812501802-3-35379748

Synopsis:

437 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Police Chief Of Atocha, New Mexico, Loren Hawn's Word Is Law-except When It Comes To The Scientists And Security Officers At The Top-secret Lab On The Outskirts Of The Town.

From the Back Cover:

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER WHEN THE VICTIM IS ALREADY DEAD? AND HAS BEEN FOR TWENTY YEARS...

The small mining town of Atocha, NM, is having trouble coping with the 21st Century. It’s a place where old family values still hold strong, where Loren Hawn, the chief of police, can usually solve any crime because he knows everyone 'and' all their secrets.

But this sleepy backwater is about to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future, as high-energy physics meets small-town politics. On the outskirts of the town there’s a new government laboratory where scientists are experimenting with the nature of space and time.

And an the floor of the police station there’s a body – a man riddled with bullets. Loren recognises him – but that’s no help. He last saw the man twenty years ago, the day he died in a terrible accident...

“A tightly-plotted, hugely complex, but ultimately very satisfying novel...The publication of 'Days of Atonement' has revealed a great talent”
INTERZONE

“Despite his manifest cyberpunk leanings, Williams has an imagination all his own – along with a supple , subtle technique and a polished lucid prose style”
KIRKUS REVIEWS

“No one can accuse Williams of failing to grow with each new major work...The pacing is brisk, the high-tech details vivid, and the rewards to most adventure-SF readers likely to be considerable”
BOOKLIST

“Williams has a lot of talent...A strong writer”
LOCUS

Bibliographic Details

Title: Days of Atonement
Publisher: Tor Books
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Good