Tortured Echoes is Volume Two of the Resonant Earth saga that began in Broken Mirror . Bioinformatics whiz Victor Eastmore at long last gains control over his frightening mirror resonance syndrome symptoms, but he still believes his grandfather was murdered. Victor's best hope for finding justice lies in New Venice, a tourist town in the Louisiana Territories where his family's company is exploring new treatment options for so-called "Broken Mirrors" and the stim addicts who experience similar symptoms--blank outs, synesthesia, and euphoria. Only by confronting Samuel Miller, the MRS "patient zero" who was responsible for the Carmichael Massacre, can Victor learn the truth. To do that, Samuel must first be weaned off Personil, the drug that keeps his mirror resonance syndrome in check. Can Victor learn Samuel Miller's darkest secrets without unleashing a violent madman? Meanwhile, a cult dedicated to the sanctity and purity of human life disrupts New Venice with protests and vandalism. When they take an interest in stopping BioScan from medicating MRS patients, including Samuel Miller, Victor finds himself with unlikely allies and divided loyalties. As pressure builds for the nations of the American Union to pass new legislation to control Broken Mirrors, Victor must become an effective advocate for people with MRS or risk being institutionalized along with them. A fast-paced sequel to Broken Mirror, Tortured Echoes continues the sci-fi detective saga of Resonant Earth. In this installment, fans of Broken Mirror will finally get answers to their questions: Why was Jefferson Eastmore killed? How did it happen? Who was responsible? Revisit the world of self-driving cars, stunsticks, brainhackers, and herbalism with Victor, Elena, Ozie, Tosh, and Karine, and several new figures that might help Victor chart a new course for his future, or condemn him to madness. Sisco's work is highly recommended for fans of alternate history or near future SF, as well as for any reader looking for an engaging new SF series. -- Alan Keep, IndiePicks 2016 was a strange year to be writing alternative history and cyberpunk. This novel was written throughout 2016, and much of the latter half of the book took shape in the final stages of the U.S. presidential election. Readers might recognize the toxic blends of fact and fiction, belief and rhetoric, stated purposes and secret plans that run through New Venice as disturbingly familiar. I never intended the world of Resonant Earth to be utopic; the problems facing Victor and his fellow seekers aren't easily resolved. But, in a time of geopolitical uncertainty and realignment, a world without guns, where "skin is skin," and there is no risk of nuclear war, it seems readers might want to escape to Resonant Earth for as long as they can. Cody Sisco is an author, publisher, and literary community organizer. As an author, Cody's speculative fiction straddles the divide between plausible and extraordinary. His Resonant Earth Series includes two novels thus far, Broken Mirror and Tortured Echoes, and a short story prequel, Believe and Live. Altered Bodies, the third volume in the series, is due out in 2021. In 2017 Cody co-founded Made in L.A., an indie author co-op dedicated to the support and appreciation of independent authors. His imprint, Resonant Earth Publishing, markets and promotes the Made in L.A. annual fiction anthology. Cody is a Los Angeles Review of Books / USC Publishing Workshop 2017 Fellow and a co-organizer of the Los Angeles Writers Critique Group. His startup, BookSwell, makes the LA literary landscape easier to navigate, introduces readers to new writing, and interweaves digital and real-life literary experiences.