Afterparty

Set in a post-smart drug revolution Toronto, Daryl Gregory's Afterparty follows a seventeen-year-old street girl who finds solace in a brain-altering drug called Numinous, only to face tragedy that leads her to a detention facility. There, Lyda Rose, one of the drug's original scientists, harbors a dark secret and, spurred by an ex-government agent and a drug-induced imaginary doctor, embarks on a perilous journey to locate the other survivors involved in Numinous. This gripping narrative combines elements of science fiction and suspense, evoking the works of luminaries like William Gibson and Philip K. Dick in a high-stakes quest for redemption.