David Ure

Outer Sunland Surgeon David Ure

As processing power grows in the twenty-first century,

computers progress to a state of programmable matter. How

is this technology used? The offspring of oligarchs transcend

mortality as beneficiaries of Life Contract insurance, assuring

their survival...sometimes despite their own best

efforts.




Rupert Archibald, a terminally disturbed orphan with a

history of immolation, gathers a gang of "pain pioneers," who

push the limits of physical trauma to escape the boredom of

guaranteed survival and infuse their risk-free lives with meaning

as deep as the lacerations they incur.




Among the pioneers are Miranda, a charismatic socialite

with a star quality and genius for merchandising; Darby, who

lives for adrenaline and supercharges the gang with his speeding

death drive; and mouse-like Patrick, a sensitive soul, who

disintegrates under the pressure of life at the edges of existence.

The drama of their young lives explodes outward, piercing the

theatrical curtains of the world stage in a quantum constellation.