To find out who he is, he must discover who he became.Restored to life by Second Skyn, Finsbury Gage hunts rogue minds for the Toronto Police Service's Psychorithm Crime Unit while secretly searching for his wife's killer. He's conflicted, torn between staying true to who he was and accepting what he's become—something both more, and less, than human. He'll do whatever it takes to find the man who murdered his wife, even if it means losing who he is. Then, eight months later, Finsbury wakes in a new body, hidden under a new name, with no memories of how he got there. He's been disgracefully discharged from the police force, his reputation's in tatters, he's the primary suspect in a murder, and his wife's death is the last thing he can remember. To find out who he is, Finsbury Gage will have to discover who he became. But will he be able to live with himself when he does?

Finsbury Gage will do anything to find the man who murdered his wife. He'll withhold information from his superiors in the Psychorithm Crime Unit. He'll cut corners. He'll steal evidence. He'll even augment his prosthetic brain with illegal code.

Finsbury Gage doesn't know who he is. Is he the man who lost his wife and burned the world down hunting her murderer—or is he the man who lost his wife and returned to ashes?

In a future without death, memory's all that matters.If it weren't for his Digital Life Assurance, Toronto Police Detective Finsbury Gage would be dead—smeared across the highway by a crazed man in a stolen urban assault vehicle. Finsbury hung together long enough for the recovery team to arrive. His wife wasn't so lucky. Now, six months later, his mind restored to a prosthetic brain, wrapped in a healthy new body, and technically immortal, Finsbury is back to a life that no longer exists. He's all alone, his home a shrine to everything he lost. He's been reassigned, knocked from Homicide to busting bit-heads and chasing after lost minutes of the idle rich. And his thoughts connect directly to the internet. The only thing keeping Finsbury from blowing his plastic brains out is the memory of his wife's death. It's 2.57 seconds long and plays on repeat, every time he closes his eyes. But from within this loop of pain and grief he discovers a reason to go on—the haunting glimpse of the wild-eyed man responsible for his wife's death. Finsbury's gonna find this guy, no matter what he has to do. But Finsbury isn't the only one on the hunt. Something is coming for him. Something like the world has never seen. Something that will force Finsbury Gage to abandon everything he believes—everything he is—to survive.

He cheated death, but can he save his humanity Finsbury Gage will do anything to find the man who murdered his wife. He'll withhold information from his superiors in the Psychorithm Crime Unit. He'll cut corners. He'll steal evidence. He'll even augment his prosthetic brain with illegal code. But once he's tasted the power of living at the speed of thought, able to predict seconds into the future, how will he ever go back? And once he's relaxed his grip on humanity, how far will he let it slip to find justice for his wife? He'll find out eight months later, when he wakes once again in a new body with a new name and no memory of his first restoration. He soon discovers he was somehow involved in a series of mindjackings, his friends and colleagues disappeared or locked-up for crimes they don't remember committing. And the person behind them is still out there. Hunting for him. Will Finsbury be able to uncover the mystery of what he became in time to stop more people from getting hurt, or will he succumb to the same temptations and make the same mistakes all over again?

He can't trust anyone, not even himself.Finsbury Gage doesn't know who he is. Is he the man who lost his wife and burned the world down hunting the person who killed her? Or is he the man who lost his wife and returned to ashes? If you don't know who Finsbury Gage is yet you'll want to start at the beginning, with Second Skyn, the first part of Lost Time. 'Cause the rest from here on out gets pretty spoilery. Are they gone?

One falls. One comes together. This is where it all ends and everything changes. Finsbury Gage thinks he has all the answers, thinks he's tracked down the man who killed his wife--but he doesn't know how wrong he is.