by Bruce Wagner
First published 1994
Harry Wyckoff navigates the shifting landscape of 1990s Hollywood as virtual reality and interactive media reshape the entertainment industry. The television executive finds himself caught between traditional storytelling and emerging digital technologies that promise to revolutionize how audiences experience narrative. Wagner places his protagonist at the center of corporate machinations and technological upheaval, where personal relationships fracture under the pressure of an industry in transition. Harry struggles to maintain his footing as colleagues chase the next breakthrough in immersive entertainment. The novel examines how technological progress collides with human ambition in a city built on reinvention. Wagner captures the anxiety and excitement of an industry on the brink of transformation, where fortunes rise and fall on untested innovations.
Genres: science-fiction, american-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: corporate-machinations, technological-upheaval
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 1990s
260 pages · Paperback · St Martins Pr