Tim Powers
8 SeriesTim Powers is an acclaimed American science fiction and fantasy author, renowned for novels such as "On Stranger Tides," "Last Call," and "Declare." He has received the Philip K. Dick Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Fantasy Award. Powers is also a multiple Nebula Award nominee.
Alternate Routes, the first book in the Vickery and Castine series by Tim Powers, is a modern ghost story set on the Los Angeles freeways. Sebastian Vickery, a driver for a covert supernatural-evasion car service, is targeted by a government agency due to a secret he learned years ago. The narrative introduces phantom cars, mysterious lanes, and unmarked offramps. When Ingrid Castine drives into a mysterious desert highway to save Vickery, he must enter it himself to rescue her. Together, they uncover more about the enigmatic highway.
