365 Days of Books

Dead Lines is a sort of ghost story set in Hollywood. Peter Russell is a depressed man who gets by doing most things without major output of energy. One of his jobs, his main job, is to run errands for a wealthy man. A visiting project pusher offers Peter a bonus and some free Trans, which are a new version of a cell phone, if he can get his patron to invest in Trans. Then things start happening. Dark shadows seep around sucking life and energy and ghosts appear and are greatly affected by the shadow seepers.

Are the Trans to blame? What does this have to do with Peter's murdered daughter? Can the effects be reversed?

This story has a very dark view.