Soma Blues

Robert Sheckley

Forge, 1997 - Fiction - 222 pages

A powerful new narcotic, soma, appears on the streets of Paris, in the dead hands of a small-time drug dealer from Ibiza. The French police want to discover his supplier before the distribution of soma gets out of control, and they think Hob Draconian is just the man for the job. Hob is living in Paris, and business for the Alternative Detective Agency is not exactly booming. Holding his investigator's license hostage, the police send Hob back to Ibiza to search for the dealer's killer. Tracking clues through the British, American, and French expatriate communities on the island and back to Paris and London, Hob follows his leads down a path that connects many of his own friends and acquaintances on the island and cuts uncomfortably close to home. Before long, Hob is caught up in the machinations of a ruthless international drug cartel. The course of events takes a dangerous turn, and Hob finds himself facing more trouble than he bargained for.

About the author

Robert Sheckley lives in Portland, Oregon. He is one of the great living writers of SF and fantasy, and is well-known as an author of detective fiction. He is distinguished by a bright, witty, pyrotechnic prose style and a portrayal of humorous absurdities in his fiction. He has been writing since the 1950s, and is the author of more than forty books, many of which have been translated worldwide.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Soma Blues
• Author: Robert Sheckley
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Forge, 1997
• ISBN: 0312862733, 9780312862732
• Length: 222 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators; Fiction / Thrillers / General