Skyn. Slang for bioSkyn.
Scafe. An illegally copied or hastily created skyn.
SecNet. The interconnected web of cameras, sensors, and databases that comprise the backbone of the North American Union’s security and surveillance infrastructure.
Shyft. Slang for Neuroshyft. General consumer term for a neural state overlay. One-time-use code snippets legally sold to temporarily simulate drunkenness, enhance pleasure, dampen fear, or one of a thousand other emotional flavors. Much more powerful illegal versions also exist.
StatUS. Formerly a governmental organization, StatUS was spun off as a private company and is now responsible for providing and maintaining identification for all Union citizens and visitors.
Veat. In vitro meat. Meat products generated from cultured animal cells.
Thanks
To my Beta Team, especially Rob Coli, for the excellent insights.
To Tamara Blain. for once again killing all the typos and making my grammar good.
To Wadim Kashin, for his peek into my world.
And to my family, for letting me sit in my room and do what I do.
About the Author
I’m a geek from way back. I grew up on Star Wars and Blade Runner and Green Lantern and Neuromancer and every other science fiction and fantasy book I could get my hands on.
I wanted to write for as long as I can remember. My first story was a Moonlighting fan fiction, though I didn’t know that at the time. Back then I was just ripping off a TV show.
Thanks for reading. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be able to keep doing this.
I’d love to hear from you. Email me at damien@damienboyes.com, or come say “Hi” on Facebook, or sign up to my Reader Club for the occasional email treat.
DECIMATION ISLAND
Lost Time: Book Five
Copyright © 2019 by Damien Boyes.
All rights reserved. With the exception of excerpts for review purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
Proofreading by Tamara Blain.
Cover by Wadim Kashin.
eBook – 1st edition / June 2019
Print – 1st edition / July 2019
This is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and situations within its pages and places or persons, living or dead, is unintentional and coincidental. Obviously.
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