Technothriller

Book SynopsisEverything's For Hire. Even Magic.If you need something done, Cloke’s one of the best; a mercenary with some unusual talents and an attitude to match. But when she’s hired by a virtual construct to destroy the other copies of himself, and the down payment is a new magical skill, she knows this job is going to be a league harder than anything she’s ever done.“A full-throttle magical cyberpunk superhero thriller.” – Peter McLeanTrade Review“This is fun, fresh cyberpunk.” -- Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *"Stylish, bad-ass, and above all immersive." - Edgar Cantero“A full-throttle magical cyberpunk superhero thriller; Santos has really hit the ground running.” — Peter McLean“Snappy prose, electric action, crackling intersection of magic and technology, nano noir, adventure—what more do you want? Fans of science/fantasy will get the ride they’re looking for!” -- John Shirley, author of Stormland“An ambitious and kinetic debut, packed with neat ideas.” — Antony Johnston, NYT best-selling author

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Book SynopsisWitnessing a dramatic death at London's Waterloo Station triggers a series of events that shatter Eva Scott's world. Dying words uttered on the station concourse awaken a history she had thought long buried. But the past is about to be resurrected, in all its brutal reality. Soon, Eva's life is out of her hands. A genetic key is keeping her alive; but foreshadowing her death. People she loved and lost materialise and then disappear, testing the limits of her sanity. Inextricably linked to her survival is the potential takedown of an economic power, on which hang the lives of many others. The only way out is through. But Eva's life is no longer her own. And it's killing her.Trade Reviewa seriously gripping page-turner from a talented writer * Closer *A complex, well-plotted, white-knuckle ride... in the second book of Alex Blackmore's brutal, breathless hi-tech thriller series -- Pam Norfolk * Blackpool Gazette *If you love sci-fi and intelligent reads with dynamic characters, this is the book for you * Candis Magazine *wonderfully intricate, darkly intriguing * My Weekly *A cracker of a thriller - five stars * The Last Word Book Review *

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Book Synopsis Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo''s shockingly authentic military thriller sends Thomas Crocker and his SEAL Team Six brothers to confront a notorious ISIS general, The Viper, during the occupation of Aleppo, Syria. Despite the efforts of the Assad government and its Russian and Turkish allies, Syria is succumbing to the Islamic State. While Crocker and his SEAL Team Six comrades try to help a small Kurdish border town organize a resistance army, he finds an unexpected connection with Severine, a French epidemiologist working for Doctors Without Borders. As Severine and her colleagues establish a makeshift hospital in besieged Aleppo, Crocker counsels caution. He knows too well that their NGO status will be no protection from the Viper, a notoriously vicious ISIS general with a deeply personal hatred of the West. When the Viper''s men kidnap one of Severine''s American colleagues, Crocker will pull every string at his disposal to launch a rescue mission. But in

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Book Synopsis Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo''s shockingly authentic military thriller sends Thomas Crocker and his SEAL Team Six brothers to confront a notorious ISIS general, The Viper, during the occupation of Aleppo, Syria. Despite the efforts of the Assad government and its Russian and Turkish allies, Syria is succumbing to the Islamic State. While Crocker and his SEAL Team Six comrades try to help a small Kurdish border town organize a resistance army, he finds an unexpected connection with Severine, a French epidemiologist working for Doctors Without Borders. As Severine and her colleagues establish a makeshift hospital in besieged Aleppo, Crocker counsels caution. He knows too well that their NGO status will be no protection from the Viper, a notoriously vicious ISIS general with a deeply personal hatred of the West. When the Viper''s men kidnap one of Severine''s American colleagues, Crocker will pull every string at his disposal to launch a rescue mission. But in

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Book SynopsisDoctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word medical' to the thriller genre and, decades after the publication of his 1977 breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over thirty international bestsellers, including Outbreak, Terminal, Contagion, Chromosome 6, Foreign Body, Intervention and Cure.Trade ReviewForensic pathologists and doctors-turned-detectives do battle against epidemics, lethal illness and drug-related deaths, the causes of which are far from natural . . . You’ll find yourself completely hooked * Daily Mail *Robin Cook virtually invented the medical thriller in the 1970s with Coma * Guardian *Likeable heroes, a compelling medical mystery and growing suspense – the result is a highly entertaining read. Commercial fiction, at its best, is pure entertainment. But Cook, like Michael Crichton, offers readers a smart dissection of contemporary issues that affect us all * USA Today *

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Book SynopsisSet in the technological underbelly of the 21st century, and taking the reader between London, Berlin, Athens and Los Angeles, THIS IS GOMORRAH is an ultra-modern thriller for fans of I AM PILGRIM and James Swallow.Trade ReviewChatfield pulls off a beguiling blend of riveting hacker lore, sharp dialogue and inventive action scenes * The Sunday Times *A techno-thriller with wit and style. It reminded me of Chris Brookmyre, and praise doesn't come higher than that. -- Mick HerronGripping, intelligent and stylish. -- Sophie HannahPunchy, powerful and one hell of a wild ride, this is thriller writing at its absolute best -- Chris WhitakerA sharp thriller that takes us deep into the digital underworld. Taut and tense . . . a well told, fast-paced story packed with contemporary relevance -- Adam HamdyA tight, fast-moving thriller. Like Three Days of the Condor for the internet age -- Mason CrossIf espionage today is all about hack and counter-hack, which it clearly is, then Tom Chatfield has just written the classic twenty-first century spy thriller. Move over James Bond: Azi Bello has hacked your smartphone and he owns you. -- Michael RidpathFast and funny, dangerous and blinding-bright . . . an adrenaline-rush of a book for our menacing times -- Paul Codya seething knot of spies, hackers, terrorists, tech and humans: absolutely brilliant. -- Carl MillerAccomplished and chilling . . . Chatfield writes with real skill, intelligence, and, despite the grim story, humor * Publishers Weekly *I read this from behind the sofa... I can't think of a better way to learn about hacking and the dark web . . . Halfway between a TED talk and rollercoaster! -- Philippa PerryA rollicking good cyber thriller - one to make William Gibson proud -- Madison Smartt BellA swift and spiky view of modern espionage -- James SwallowFans of THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING won't want to miss this one -- James Patterson

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Book SynopsisFour babies have been kidnapped from four different maternity wards in Tel Aviv. With not a single lead to follow, all investigators can do is wait patiently for the suspect they call The Babysitter' to make their next move.Four weeks earlier, on a quiet street, a medical student went out for a run and was killed by a hit and run driver. Then a second student went out and never returned. Daphne Dagan, a young, talented police officer, is first to realize that the hit and run and the kidnappings are related.But she''s also in the middle of her own battle - a recurring nightmare that''s been haunting her for years. The strain of dealing with a real-life killer and kidnapper during the day, and the man who murders her in her sleep each night drive her into a place of darkness and despair from which she must escape if she is to catch The Babysitter'.PRAISE FOR NIR HEZRONIThis book has a clever plot and plays upon the fear that there are hidden persons out there prepared to do us harm for obscure reasons... There are passages that make you gasp in horror.' Crime ReviewHezroni's superior thriller debut will send chills up the spines of even jaded genre fans.' Publishers WeeklyThriller fans will be enthralled as well as disturbed.' Washington PostClever, compelling, dark, twisted and disturbing - this highly original novel packs a punch!' Sam Carrington

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Book SynopsisFrom the critically acclaimed author of Oblivion comes Year of the Comet, a story of a Russian boyhood and coming of age as the Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse. An idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumours of a serial killer haunt the neighbourhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing that the once awe-inspiring symbols of power they wear on their helmets have become devoid of meaning. Lebedev depicts a vast empire coming apart at the seams, transforming a very public moment into something tender and personal, and writes with stunning beauty and shattering insight about childhood and the growing consciousness of a boy in the world.Trade ReviewExamines the psychological trauma Stalinism continues to unleash – even on those who never lived during his reign... Antonina W. Bouis has translated the best of Soviet and post-Soviet writings [...] and the ease with which she renders Mr. Lebedev's prose creates the illusion that both his novels were originally written in English' * Wall Street Journal *Depicts objects in a stunningly, almost freakishly precise way, coaxing the metaphysical to express itself through the material... In The Year of the Comet, coming of age is not about first love, or the discovery of sexuality, it is rather about the fatefulness of action' * Times Literary Supplement *The Year of the Comet is a touching portrait of bonds that span generations * World Literature Today *This gorgeously written, unsettling novel – a rare work about the fall of the Soviet Union as told through the eyes of a child – leaves us with a fresh understanding of that towering moment in recent history * Kirkus Reviews *This is a smart, convincing, and affecting novel * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisHello, Nancy.You're at your usual locker at Fitness Plus. The time is 09:15.Your cell phone is dead, your home phone won't answer and your daughter, Beth, is home with the nanny.It will take you 18 minutes to get home. If you drive fast.Shame. You're already 18 minutes late...The kidnappers' only stipulation is that Nancy must tell her husband, Michael.The problem is, she doesn't know where he is, or how to contact him. But she recalls him mentioning a number she should call if anything unusual happens. This triggers a Code Red at specialist security company Cruxys Solutions, who send investigators Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik to track him down.But they can't find a single trace of him. What do you do when a child's life depends on finding a man who doesn't seem to exist?A white-knuckle suspense thriller that just won’t let go, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben, Daniel Silva and Michael Connelly.Praise for The Locker 'Readers who enjoy Harlan Coben and Joseph Finder will happily get lost in the nightmare presented here' Booklist'[An] intriguing and inventive plot' Mystery Scene'Magson is arguably one of the most entertaining writers of British spy fiction currently operating. His novels are sharp and exciting, with intelligent plots and interesting characters' Deadly Pleasures'Gonzalez and Vaslik make an appealingly mismatched investigative unit' Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisThe Soul Breaker doesn't kill his victims. What he does is much worse. He leaves them paralysed and completely catatonic. His only trace: a note left in their hands. There are three known victims when suddenly the abductions stop. The Soul Breaker has tired of his game, it seems. Meanwhile, a man has been found in the snow outside an exclusive psychiatric clinic. He has no recollection of who he is, or why he is there. Soon the weather goes from bad to worse, and the clinic becomes completely cut off from the world outside. When the head psychiatrist is found trembling, naked and distraught, with a slip of paper in her hands, it seems the Soul Breaker has returned. And with the clinic cut off from the world, no one is able to get in – or out.Trade ReviewSebastian Fitzek certainly knows how to write a heart-stopping psychiatric thriller. This is the second book of his I have read and recommend it as highly as the other, Seat 7a, if not more * Promoting Crime Fiction *With a talent for scene-setting, descriptions, and tension-building, Sebastian takes his readers and sets them right down inside the world and minds of his characters. The vivid imagery also solidifies the believability of the story, and you find yourself caring so much for what has happened to the victims and what the outcome will be * Beauty and Lace *PRAISE FOR SEBASTIAN FITZEK: 'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' Harlan Coben. 'Sebastian Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers. He always serves up an intense, impossible to put down thriller and The Package is no exception. A gripping read with a surprising twist, this one is not to be missed' Karin Slaughter. 'Sebastian Fitzek is simply amazing. I truly hope that one day I will be able to create suspense and plot twists in the way only Sebastian can. A true Master of his craft' Chris Carter. 'Spine-chilling... Masterful... Brilliant' The Times. 'Dazzling' Sunday Times. 'Grimly atmospheric' Guardian. 'A breakneck ride' * Big Issue *

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Book SynopsisA follow-up to the "New York Times" bestseller, "The Breach".Trade Review"Patrick Lee's Ghost Country is in a word: Brilliant. Less a novel, than an adventure, it left me breathless and awed. It's explosive, innovative and ultimately mind-blowing. Pure exhilaration from the first page to the last." -- James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Doomsday Key "Settle back and savor this one. Patrick Lee has an intense brand of storytelling. He's a most welcome addition to the genre. The real deal. I look forward to reading more from him." -- Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor's Tomb "WOW! Double Wow! Starkly original, Ghost Country by Patrick Lee will make Asimov and Heinlein cheer with the angels. The techno-thriller meets Sci-Fi, and the result is mind-blowing. Makes Tom Clancy look like the slowest child in the class." -- Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author

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Book SynopsisFifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household nameand spawned a new genre, the technothrillerthe threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.The Evolution is Coming.In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particledesignated The Andromeda Strainkilled every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a catastrophic nuclear detonation, they succeeded.In the ensuing decades, research on the microparticle continued. And the world thought it was safeDeep inside Fairchild Air Force Base

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Expect combustion of all sorts from the New York Times bestselling Grippando." — Library Journal “Chilling . . . Grippando leads Twenty through a complex plot that maintains its sense of realism until the surprising finale.” — South Florida Sun Sentinel on Twenty "There’s a reason that James Grippando is a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. . . . Twenty certainly works well as a stand-alone title, but it also will inspire readers to delve into Grippando’s backlist, so be prepared." — Book Reporter on Twenty "What begins as a thriller and then moves into a legal novel, devolves into a full-blown espionage story that calls to mind the work of Brad Thor, among others . . . When the significance of the number twenty is finally revealed it will send chills down your spine and you will soon realize that this is unlike any other Jack Swyteck novel to date." — CriminalElement.com on Twenty “Twenty is an excellent legal thriller by an experienced hand at storytelling . . . It’s still only January, but it looks as though James Grippando may have offered us one of the best thrillers of 2021.” — New York Journal of Books on Twenty “James Grippando's taut and briskly paced story grips the reader from the opening chapter and then keeps them close as Jack Swyteck and his associates race to uncover the forces bent on keeping the truth of the tragedy hidden. Twenty is a highly addictive novel and it is impossible to put down." — Mystery Scene on Twenty “A Pandora’s box of demons. . . . High-stakes espionage, family drama, double crosses, noble gestures . . . it’s all here.” — Kirkus Reviews “Grippando masterfully weaves the various plot threads together, revealing unexpected connections . . . this is an ambitious thriller that asks the reader to follow a complex story and delivers a deeply satisfying conclusion. Grippando’s biggest strength has always been his ability to create characters who feel as real as people we might meet on the street. . . . CODE 6 features some of Grippando's most compelling characters and one of his most intriguing stories.” — Booklist James Grippando . . . proves why he is one of the best thriller writers out there with the release of his latest stand-alone novel, CODE 6. . . . What really drives this book are the characters—fully fleshed-out, real and complex—and you cannot help but root for Kate every step of the way right up until the stunning conclusion. — Bookreporter.com

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Book Synopsis In this dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny novel, two-time Booker winner Peter Carey takes us to the place where the cyber underworld collides with international politics. When Gaby Baillieux, Australia’s most formidable hacker, releases the Angel Worm virus into her country’s prison system, cell doors are opened and inmates walk free. Since those prisons use American software, the doors in thousands of jails in the United States are opened as well. Is this an accident—or a declaration of cyber war? Does it have anything to do with the largely forgotten Battle of Brisbane between American and Australian forces in 1942? Or with the CIA-influenced coup in Australia in 1975?       Disgraced writer Felix Moore—known to himself as “our sole remaining left-wing journalist”—is determined to write Gaby’s biography in order to find the answers that could save her, his career, and perhaps his country. But how to get

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Book SynopsisFrom William R. Forstchen, the New York Times bestselling author of the One Second After series, comes Five Years After, a near-future thriller where John Matherson must contend with new threats to the fragile civilization that he helped rebuild.Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of New America has all but collapsed into regional powers and the world at large is struggling to remain stable as regional conflicts ravage the post EMP landscape. After several years attempting to lead a quiet life, John Matherson receives the news that the President is dying from a possible assassination attempt, and is asked to step in to negotiate with what appears to be a new military power hidden in the wreckage of the world.Pulled back into the fray, John struggles to hold the tottering Republic together. Facing threats on multiple fronts, he races against time to stop another EMP attack on the former United States and China, putting years of pro

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Book SynopsisNew York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow''s Red Team Blues is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works.Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. He lives and roams California in a very comfortable fully-furnished touring bus, The Unsalted Hash, that he bought years ago from a fading rock star. He knows his way around good food and fine drink. He likes intelligent women, and they like him back often enough.Martin is acontain your excitementself-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He knows computer hardware and software alike, including the ins and outs of high-end databases and the kinds of spreadsheets that are designed to conceal rather than reveal. He's as comfortable with social media as people a qu

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Book SynopsisNew York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow''s The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California's prisons are traded like stock shares. The year is 2006. Martin Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He spends his downtime on Catalina Island, where scenic, imported bison wander the bluffs and frozen, reheated fast food burgers cost 25$. Wait, what? When Marty disrupts a seemingly innocuous scheme during a vacation on Catalina Island, he has no idea he's kicked off a chain of events that will overtake the next decade of his life. Martin has made his most dangerous mistake yet: trespassed into the playgrounds of the ultra-wealthy and spoiled their fun. To them, money is a tool, a game, and a way to keep score, and they've found their newest markCalifornia's

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Book SynopsisIn this unputdownable thriller set in the new future, a detective enters the mind of a killer to find a missing child. To ex-detective John Barnes, the machine is a dangerous and abhorrent addiction. The criminal thoughts it embedded in his brain helped him stop a serial killer, but they left him dazed—with pounding, murderous impulses. Having turned in his badge to salvage what’s left of his psyche, Barnes must return to the darkness at the request of his former partner. A little girl has gone missing. So has Adrian Flaherty, the detective in the kidnapper’s shadow. And only Barnes can hear the clues. But the trail is more dizzying and more personal than he feared. The voices are revealing a secret only Flaherty could have known. They’re also telling Barnes that he doesn’t have long to live. To find the girl, he must listen closely. Because the clock is ticking…and Barnes’s mind is going fast.Trade Review“This is my kind of book—from an insightful, bleeding-edge premise, Scott J. Holliday delivers a crackling mystery and a classic, world-weary hero who is literally battling the demons in his head. Rich, thought-provoking, and profound, Machine City builds impressively on Punishment and will leave you anxious for more.” —Matthew FitzSimmons, bestselling author of the Gibson Vaughn Series

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Book Synopsis“Johnson channels Stephen King with this summer thriller…The Darwin Variant divides families, lovers, and colleagues working toward the same goals in a nerve-wracking race to an unexpected conclusion.” —Booklist When the icy shards of a rogue comet fall to Earth, they bring an unknown virus that accelerates evolution to extremes. Suddenly, infected plants grow stronger, choking out those uninfected. Animals turn aggressive and deadly. The eyes of loved ones go cold, and infected neighbors begin exhibiting signs of brutal domination. In a small Georgia town, fourteen-year-old Katie McLane sees her neighbors changing, one by one. Dr. Susan Perry, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, uncovers the frightening scope of the menace. The infected aren’t just evolving. They’re conspiring to alter the very nature of what it means to be human. Katie and Susan become fugitives because of what they know, encountering bitter betrayals and lethal dangers, but also loves ignited and inspiring camaraderie, as they fight to prevent a viral conspiracy from creating a terrifying brave new world.

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Book SynopsisIn this propulsive thriller, one of the most ingenious young men in the world has also become the most dangerous…or has he? Harmony House is more than a “special place for special people.” It’s a think tank where high-functioning autistic savants harness their unique abilities for the benefit of society. Resident Eddie Parks’s contribution is nothing less than extraordinary: an “echo box” that can re-create never-recorded sounds using acoustic archeology. All Eddie wants is to hear his late mother’s voice. But what he’s created is inadvertently posing a threat to national security. To Harmony House’s shadowy government backers and radical extremists, the echo box is the ultimate intelligence asset—an end to the very concept of secrecy. Now for Eddie and the compassionate Dr. Skylar Drummond, the true nature of the institution is becoming chillingly clear. As ruthless competing enemies close in on Eddie and his miraculous machine, Skylar risks all to take him on the run. Because once that prize is won, Eddie Parks will no longer be considered a “special person” but a dangerous redundancy. An inconvenient echo that must be silenced.

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Book SynopsisA rising star at a preeminent political lobbying firm, Dag Calhoun represents the world’s most powerful technology and energy executives. But when a close brush with death reveals that the influence he wields makes him a target, impossible cracks appear in his perfect, richly appointed life. Like everyone else, Dag relies on his digital feed for everything—a feed that is as personal as it is pervasive, and may not be as private as it seems. As he struggles to make sense of the dark forces closing in on him, he discovers that activists are hijacking the feed to manipulate markets and governments. Going public would destroy everything he’s worked so hard to build, but it’s not just Dag’s life on the line—a shadow war is coming, one that will secure humanity’s future or doom the planet to climate catastrophe. Ultimately, Dag must decide the price he’s willing to pay to change the world.Trade Review“Peper does a fabulous job depicting power and its trappings and giving a sense of super-powerful, super-competent sociopaths…It’s a fine science fiction novel that grapples with power, consent, manipulation, equity, duty, and friendship, where no one is entirely irredeemable and even the heroes need redemption.” —Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing “Eliot Peper’s Bandwidth is a thoughtful meditation on the ethics of power among those who broker it…Peper manages a great deal of complexity without sacrificing clarity or pace, and I read it all in a single fascinated sitting…The depth and vulnerability of Dag’s perspective, his loneliness, and the value he places on his few real friendships, kept Bandwidth feeling real and urgent.” —The New York Times Book Review “A very credibly rendered near future…Peper guides his story with a sure hand, lacing its narrative with issues and references that resonate powerfully in the age of net neutrality, algorithms, and social media hacks.” —Publishers Weekly “Peper’s fast-moving thriller strikes a good balance between fast action, believable plot, and interesting characters and is worth a look.” —Kirkus Reviews “A riveting novel…combining a thriller plot with a deeper introspection of technology and its effect on our actions and our futures. It’s an engaging, electric read, but also one that forces us to confront the state of the world today and our impact as an industry on politics.” —TechCrunch “The techno-thriller novel that we need right now…What does fake news even mean when you can no longer distinguish reality?...Gripping.” —Ars Technica “Our fear of diverging worldviews and loss of privacy provide the foundation for the futuristic political thriller Bandwidth, in which a brain interface keeps humans constantly connected to ‘the feed.’ Up-and-coming lobbyist Dag Calhoun quickly discovers the feed has a back door that an idealistic group of activists are leveraging to manipulate the behavior of VIPs through suggestive tweaks. When Dag is drawn inside the activist’s cadre, he has to come to terms with the ethics behind invasive cognitive nudging. Bandwidth creates a compelling world that reflects on our present reality, skewed as it may be.” —Chicago Review of Books “Technology, not only social media but also the news feeds we consume, changes the ways we look at everything. Good and bad actors manipulate us via that technology in ways that we’re only now beginning to appreciate. Bandwidth tells a really good story and illustrates exactly how that happens.” —Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist “A smart techno-thriller that plays out the near future of data immersion, the digital divide, and climate change with mind-expanding effectiveness.” —Malka Older, author of Infomocracy “Spectacular near-term science fiction. Game upon game upon game.” —Brad Feld, managing director at Foundry Group “An all-too-plausible thriller of power, morality, and global consequences. What would you do to wield influence? How far would you go to wield it for good? Bandwidth’s answers may disturb you.” —Ramez Naam, author of Nexus “Bandwidth blows the lid off today’s techno optimists, revealing a thrilling and all-too-realistic future in which the ubiquitous ‘feed’—an immersive algorithm used by millions—becomes a tool for high-stakes blackmail, with climate change hanging in the balance. An eye-opening look at how simple, everyday technologies can change our world, one notification at a time.” —Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor

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Book SynopsisAI threatens to destroy humanity, and only one computer expert can stop it in this cyberpunk thriller by the author of Murder on Safari. Simon Bank lives in a future where just about everything in America is run by the System—the food supply, the weather, national security, and more. Everyone is free from want. Individuals can control where they live and where they go to school. They can have a relationship with whomever they like. They can set their own hours for work and work whatever job they like. Simon is a codifier who works with the System’s artificial intelligence to humanize it and to help it run the country more smoothly. But when a tornado tears up Manhattan, Simon realizes the System has a terrifying secret and is a threat to humankind. Now, with only his intellect and instincts, plus a few new friends—human and artificial—Simon must race against the clock to save himself and the world. And he better be careful. There’s no telling what the System might do if it feels threatened.Trade Review“Excellently mixes both empathic human behavior with high-tech sci-fi knowledge in a complex main character that holds up a mirror to all of us human beings.” —Bavo Dhooge, Diamond Bullet Award–winning author of Styx

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Book SynopsisIn this science fiction sequel to The Path, the crew of a ship bound to colonize another planet must first save the universe from a deadly entity. Life has changed for computer wrangler Simon Bank when he awakens from a hundred-year coma. To start, he’s on board a massive spaceship on a mission to colonize Alpha Centauri B. The crew includes his former adversary Cramer, a computer entity named Ra (now in a human form and going by Aten), and a telepathic dog named Zip. Everyone believes Simon is a hero, and there’s no time to disagree . . . Simon accidentally awakened a powerful entity that believes human life to be a virus worthy of annihilation. Before it destroys all life on Earth and the spaceship, Simon must find a way to stop it. Once again, Simon must rely on his computer skills and his motley group of friends to save the universe before his crew finds themselves on a journey to nowhere.

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