Peter Lyon, courier for Griffin Universal, has no idea what he’s getting himself into when he attempts to get and transfer a mysterious blue box for his boss. It’s 2119 and he’s surrounded by conspiracies and cabals. But when he is greeted by dead bodies and an empty box, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Michael Kurland’s science fiction novel is set in a possible future in a barely recognisable world, where murders are committed and people go missing. The race is on to find out why … ’… What seems at first an amusing but random spoof of contemporary extremes gradually develops into a light, engaging story that draws together its many elements in a series of clever, pleasing surprises’ - Publisher’s Weekly Michael Kurland was nominated for an American Book Award for his first Moriarty novel, The Infernal Device and has written many novels and non-fiction books. He lives in California.