In the Montezuma Strip—an ultra-tech corridor stretching across the Namerican Southwest—murder is nothing new. But for Inspector Angel Cardenas, this case is different. The victim has not one, but two clean IDs, and no one seems to know who he really was.
As Cardenas investigates, a suburban house explodes, a high-end security system nearly kills him, and a woman and her daughter vanish into the shadows. Following his instincts, Cardenas goes rogue—chasing leads from the gritty cityscape of Quetzal to the verdant jungles of Costa Rica.
Because twelve-year-old Katla holds a secret worth killing for.
In The Mocking Program, New York Times–bestselling author Alan Dean Foster blends noir detective grit with cutting-edge sci-fi in a fast-paced thriller full of tech, intuition, and deadly secrets.
