by Nate Kenyon
First published 2009
William Bellow hunts bugs in New London's most sophisticated programs. He works closer to the Transformation than most humans dare, where minds merge with machines. But as Bellow investigates the city's cutting-edge code, his own past starts unraveling. His memories feel wrong. The events he remembers may never have happened. Corporate executives manipulate him from their glass towers while underground rebels pull him toward revolution. Bellow discovers that someone has been playing an elaborate game with his mind. The programming flaws he tracks through virtual networks mirror the deceptions buried in his own history. His investigation becomes a battle for survival that spans both digital and physical realms. Bellow must fight to reclaim his identity before the forces reshaping New London erase him completely.
Genres: science-fiction, mystery, thriller, action, artificial-intelligence, cyberpunk
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, identity-crisis, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New London
156 pages · Paperback · Apex Publications