Amazon Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: Buchholz Press ISBN-10:  0971108706 Type: Fiction Pages: 234 Copyright: Oct 17 2001 Walter von Wegen's erotic sci-fi thriller Smashed: New York in the year 2040: Wolfpacks of white teens roam the streets, ransacking elite stores in Manhattan A new street drug ‘smash’ is sweeping the city—leaving no traces in the body. Undercover cops Richard Hayte and Perry Donohue also must fight a car virus epidemic, but not before going to their mandatory psychoanalysis sessions to keep the NYPD from becoming too trigger-happy again. New York in the year 2040: Viagra is banned, Bob Dylan has disappeared (despite persistent random sightings), and NASA has given up on ever landing another spacecraft on Mars, after the 500th mission in a row ends in failure. These scenarios are all part of Walter von Wegen's erotic sci-fi thriller Smashed. Escalating urban violence among white teen gangs has forced Mayor Clinton to close all NYC secondary schools and go to a virtual classroom system. A new drug called ‘smash’ has flooded the city, but it leaves no traces in the body. NYPD detectives Perry Donohue and Richard Hayte already have their hands full – and then a car virus epidemic puts the city under siege.

Smashed leaves its mark
Smashed will leave its mark on you. Its evolved characters, multi-layered plot and richness of detail and humor make it a formidable entry into the genre of cyber-pulp novels. Smash interweaves everything from the future of New York City politics, the fate of a brand new generation of X¹ers, to the latest in designer drugs and computer hacking. Mr. von Wegen¹s first novel is something special and a hopefully a signal of things to come. John Hulse, author of From the Beats the B Sides