The novel “Nova Swing” by M. John Harrison was published for the first time in 2006. It won the Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick awards. It’s the second novel in the Kefahuchi Tract series.

At the center of the city of Saudade fell a fragment of cosmic disturbance known as the Kefahuchi Tract. That created an area where everything is abnormal, even the laws of physics. For this reason, the city has become a center of touristic interest for people who want to try some really unique experience.

Vic Serotonin is a kind of guide who leads in and maybe even out of Saudade anyone who has the courage to venture into the anomaly. His activity is illegal and his last client seems even more dangerous than normal. Vic must also save himself from Lens Aschemann, a police detective determined to find the evidence needed to arrest him.