The Shamshine Blind Paz Pardo by Paz Pardo 9781982185329, 1982185325 instant download after payment.

In an alternate 2009, the United States has been a second-rate power for a quarter of a century, ever since Argentina’s victory in the Falkland’s War thanks to their development of “psychopigments.” Created as weapons, these colorful chemicals can produce almost any human emotion upon contact, & they have been embraced in the US as both pharmaceutical cure-alls & popular recreational drugs. Black market traders illegally sell everything from Blackberry Purple (which causes terror) to Sunshine Yellow (which delivers happiness). 

Psychopigment Enforcement 

Agent Kay Curtida works a beat in Daly City, just outside the ruins of San Francisco, chasing down smalltime crooks. But when an old friend shows up with a tantalizing lead on a career-making case, Curtida’s humdrum existence suddenly gets a boost. Little does she know that this case will send her down a tangled path of conspiracy & lead to an overdue reckoning with her family & with the truth of her own emotions. 

Told in the voice of a funny, brooding, Latinx Sam Spade, The Shamshine Blind is “a rip-roaring beautifully crafted mash-up of cop noir, sci-fi, & alt-history that left me dazzled by its prescience & literary zing” (Leah Hampton, author of F*ckface).