drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom's wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her. He lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result. Nick may be a lost soul, but he's still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor's son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.

Flashback  is a provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible. Dan Simmons is an exciting and versatile writer.

One person said, "Flashback,  while different than other books Simmons has written, is every bit as excellent as any of his earlier works--including Carrion Comfort. The world he created here is dark but believable and the character development is excellent as always. Perhaps the reason for some negative reviews is that Simmons tells it like it and completely ignores political correctness. Reading this book made it easy for me to understand why it was one of the top best selling thrillers of 2011."