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.
Professional Reviews
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
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Reviews for "Smashed"
Reviewed by Carlton Mellick III
10/18/2002
Sounds like something that needed to be published. Good job!
Six straight men in the cast plus free Tex-Mex food? My friend Lida Rose sure knew how to persuade me. I signed on the dotted line and dusted off my dance shoes. I knew Bad Business on the Brazos would have them rolling in the aisles and standing up
Jerry Lowenstein, an octogenarian and a nice guy, has written a fantastic mystery/ suspense novel that takes place just after WW2 on and near Bikini Atoll. He actually witnessed an atomic bomb test. Can you imagine that?
