looking for dysutopian sci-fi novel

December 31, 2009 4:59 PM

I'm looking for a 25 year-old science fiction book about a dystopian United States, in which our hero is in prison, framed for killing or not protecting the president. The cover had a picture of a man and woman on a futuristic motorcycle. (a few more details inside) Can anyone tell me the title or author?

25+ years ago I found a science fiction book about a dystopia in the United States. The cover had a picture of a man or a man and woman on a futuristic motorcycle.

The book started with our hero in prison. He is an ex-secret service officer who was charged with treason. He was either framed for killing the president or not protecting the president or something of that caliber.

He meets a woman in prison. She, too, has been wrongfully imprisoned. She is a doctor and teaches him how to perform minor surgery so he can remove the subcutaneous tracking device in her back. She removes his and they escape.

That's as far as I can remember the story.

Can anyone tell me the title or author?

posted by eaglehound to Writing & Language (2 answers total)

Could it be Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick? None of the editions I'm familiar with has a motorcycle on the cover, but maybe you are confusing the cover with that of another book.
posted by xenophile at 4:26 PM on January 1, 2010

It's almost certainly not Radio Free Albemuth, since that doesn't match the plot mentioned by the poster at all.
posted by me & my monkey at 5:45 PM on January 1, 2010 [1 favorite]