Water Death
St. Martin's, Mar 2001, 24.95, 400 pp.
ISBN: 0312273118
In 2025, compared with the anarchy that surrounds it, Edinburgh remains a calm island of no crime. Though rationing is a way of life and entertainment only comes in the form of a festival for tourists, the clever City Council occupies the restless residents with a weekly lottery. How can individuals not play when a five-minute shower a day is a potential prize.
However, a missin...