BIG O TP VOL 06

As Paradigm City's top negotiator, Roger Smith provides a valuable service for people desperate to recapture their forgotten past. In a world of lost memories, Roger does his best to make sure chaos doesn't erupt into madness. Ironically, the savvy negotiator has never been concerned about his own forgotten past. What's the point, he reasons? The past is gone, the future is the only thing that matters. But something unexpected happens to make him re-evaluate his outlook. On the day that Dorothy Wayneright disappears, Roger realizes that the past is indeed a very important part of his life. Dorothy's ravaged robotic body is eventually found and retrieved but her memory circuits have been stolen. Thus starts a chain of events that will eventually reveal the deepest secrets of Paradigm City. In a world where memories are a valuable commodity, Roger Smith must outplay a host of disreputable characters all of whom are jockeying for the biggest prize of all: Paradigm City! The person who controls the past will ultimately control the future.