That’s where Toreth works: In Investigation and Interrogation, I&I. This is a world where everything is monitored unless it’s not-to protect business secrets-and where torture is legalised. There aren’t really any nations, just regional Administrations and corporations that control people’s lives. In the dystopic future there’s the Administration. Mind Fuck is a really good book but it’s not extraordinary. I thought about giving this book five stars.Īs the days and weeks went by and I failed to write a proper review, I realised I’d made the right decision. But mutual attraction and the fight for survival can create unlikely bonds Toreth and Warrick are more natural enemies than allies. The corporations fight among themselves, using lethal force under the euphemism of “corporate sabotage,” uniting only to resist attempts by the Administration to extend its influence over them. The government uses violence and the many divisions of the feared Department of Internal Security to maintain control and crush resistance. A totalitarian bureaucracy controls the European Administration, sharing political power with the corporations. Their home is the dark future dystopia of New London. A minnow in a murky and dangerous pond, he is only beginning to discover how many compromises may be required for success. His small corporation, SimTech, is developing a “sim” system that places users in a fully immersive virtual reality. In a world in which torture is a legitimate part of the investigative process, he works for the Investigation and Interrogation Division, where his colleagues can be more dangerous than the criminals he investigates. There are only better guys and worse guys. The sequel to Mind Fuck, this second book in the Administration series contains the novella Quid Pro Quo, as well as five short stories set in the near future dystopia of New London and centered around professional investigator and interrogator Val Toreth, and technical genius turned corporate Keir Warrick.There are no bad guys or good guys. Corporate insiders and innocent bystanders alike are all too easily caught up in the conflicts, but when suspects can hide behind money and power, what chance is there of any justice?Īnd on top of everything else, Toreth also has to deal with Keir Warrick. Fraud, sabotage, espionage, blackmail, decades-long vendettas, and murder-the more powerful the corporations, the darker their secrets. But in the European Administration, simplicity is often a dangerous illusion, and anyone who goes looking for trouble in the corporate world is certain to find more than they bargained for. After all, kidnapping and dismemberment are all in a day's work for the Investigation and Interrogation Division. When he agrees to do a favor for his old friend Liz Carey in Corporate Fraud, Para-investigator Val Toreth is hoping for a simple case.
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