The Last Harbor
By George Foy
Dreams can set you free – or they can imprison you forever …
Slocum had it all: the perfect family, the perfect home, and the perfect job with X-Corp Multimedia, a major producer of interactive virtual-reality entertainment. In a world divided between enclaves of luxury and blighted, decaying landscapes, the ubiquitous 3-D telecasts over the Flash hold millions in thrall with their packaged, programmed dreams.
Once Slocum helped devise those dreams, until his career at X-Corp collapsed, along with his marriage. Now, his world has shrunk to a tiny sloop berthed in the dingy harbor of a dying New England town. In his cabin he studies the legendary Smuggler’s Bible and dreams of sailing to freedom.
Then, an enormous ocean liner docks beside him: a floating palace of glittering wealth and mystery, with a single enigmatic passenger, a woman who restlessly walks the decks as if unable to leave the ship. For Slocum – rejected by his wife and daughter, hounded by his employers, harassed by the police, without credit and with his funds running out – this alluring woman becomes his sole hope of escape. Only by learning her terrifying secret can he free her from gilded captivity … and realize his own dreams. But in a world of mass-produced fantasy, that is the most forbidden pursuit of all.
Praise for The Last Harbor:
‘The bulk of the novel involves Slocum’s efforts to understand his failures and pierce his many self-deceptions, and work his way back to something like a responsible life … The drama lies in the process of transformation itself, and in the choice Slocum faces at the novel’s conclusion, a choice that (depending on how you read it) is either the final step in his struggle to break free, or a catastrophic re-surrender to slavery … for those who appreciate more literary work,The Last Harbor offers a feast of imagery and atmosphere, and a compelling portrait of a flawed man coming to grips with his own history’ – sfsite.com
‘The Last Harbor is a singularly beautifully written book, one that transcends all genre boundaries; it is a serious and major piece of fiction’ – infinityplus.co.uk
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