Chasing Vegas

When Ricky Vegas got out of jail, his parole officer told him to get a job and stay in Nevada. Hours later police spot Vegas entering Horizon Station - a tower of interstellar transit stretching to the stratosphere. He could only be going one direction: away.

When the search for Vegas turns into a manhunt of epic proportions, his parole officer, Geoffrey Sink, wonders why all the fuss for a simple fugitive. He stops wondering after a series of violent, bloody incidents lock the station down - and starts worrying when he realizes Vegas's flight up Horizon coincides with a rare appearance by the most recognizable people on Earth. The Originals - the first astronauts to return from deep space; the faces everyone thinks of when they stare up at the stars - arrive on Horizon to deliver their first speech since touching down in the desert five years ago.

And when Vegas gets accused of trying to kill them, Sink realizes there's more to chasing this ex-con than he ever wanted to know.

Author's note: Chasing Vegas is a full-length, 93,000-word novel with no restrictive DRM (digital rights management), based on reader requests. It contains some strong language, but nothing I consider to be gratuitous.
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"The characterisation was outstanding and far far better than that found in current SF majors. ... This book shows you how it should be done."

"Awesome sci-fi noir. Hints of Elmore Leonard in a Bladerunner world."

"Complex characters, twisty plot. Great genre bending novel in the finest Sci-Fi tradition."

"A high-energy chase that leaves the reader feeling every bit of destruction and discovery visited upon the protagonists."