Edge--Thomas Blackthorne
I first picked up Edge in a bookstore because of the unique cover treatment. There was an end-dump with books from Angry Robot ( a press I had not heard of) and this one had a cover design that was nearly all words--so much so that the title is a little difficult to distinguish the title. The cover described what can only be described as a "Running Man" type scenario with knife fights and sudden death. So, in an England of the future where the right to vote is dictated by the willingness to carry a knife and engage in knife duels and challenges, a young man runs away from his psychiatrist's office and the young man's father goes on a legal rampage against the psychiatrist. He also hires our knife wielding hero to find his son. One would think given that this is a future of intense monitoring of all activity that it wouldn't be such a trick. But just as everything is monitored, much can be cloaked, hidden, and changed in the system. We follow for much o...