Afterparty (Daryl Gregory)

I loved this science fiction story about a near-future world where everyone with a couple of bucks and an Internet connection can develop and produce their own designer drugs. A few years ago an enthusiastic group of young entrepreneurs in a budding start-up were working on something that they hoped would treat many of the ills that plague so many of us, and it went horribly wrong. The narrator of the story was one of the developers, and one of the initial victims, living out her life in a mental institution until she becomes convinced someone is recreating that drug and putting it out on the street again, and she goes on a mission to find out who is doing it and stop them. Her quest involves a Toronto drug cartel, an ex-spy, a dual-faced assassin, and a mixed crew of the folks from the original start-up. The writing is taut, the narrator's voice convincing and engaging, the action gripping, and most of all everything was clearly informed by the best thinking in  neuroscience. How could I not love it?