Tidelands

<p>In a flooded city the arcology provides a high-tech haven - for those who can afford it.</p><p><br></p><p>For those who can't life outside is a struggle for survival against climate change and a society on the brink of collapse as unregulated technology spawns genetic monsters robotic nightmares and virtual ghosts.

</p><p><br></p><p>Here Squirrel is a memory thief eking out a fraught existence in service to the criminal gangs that trade in illicit gene hacks blackmarket augments and - her speciality - stolen secrets.</p><p><br></p><p>But with skills she didn't know she had Squirrel steals a curious memory threatening to expose a conspiracy that some would do anything to keep hidden.

</p><p><br></p><p>And as her new-found talents attract those keen to utilise them for their own ends her only chance at escape leads to the arcology itself and the answers to a mystery no one wants her to learn.

</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Tidelands</em> is an ongoing sci-fi and fantasy serial. Set some years in the future it is a dystopian blend of cyberpunk first contact Lovecraftian horror and dark humour. <em>Part 1: Ghosts & Monsters</em> collects together instalments 1-17.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>