"Some of us come into life with an innate fascination for death. It said something profound about Victor's character, as it did for myself, that he became a disassembler instead of a surgeon. Between us we might have cured much suffering and saved many lives, but instead of life we chose death. You might think this odd or selfish, but how would you feel if you knew your doctor was more excited about doing your autopsy than curing your cancer? Trust me, it's better this way." sci-fi suspense, tech-noir whodunnit, subterranean techno-utopia, political bulshittery, social inequality, body horror What if Raymond Chandler wrote a sci-fi novel?