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A neural chip capable of digitising the human consciousness? Technological immortality? Of course governments and polycorps would kill for that!
Eric Thorne had an almost idyllic life; a thriving tech business, a big house on Manhattan Beach, and a reputation as one of the world's leading wetware engineers.
But all that changes when a woman he doesn't know shows up on his doorstep telling him he's been abducted, that his consciousness is immersed in a looping digital prison -- and his old pal, the billionaire he'd been helping, is responsible...
Over the next 24 hours, Eric realises he's become the focus of several plots, underpinned by corporate greed and political ambition, to steal the chipset buried in his head. But as killers and thieves then pursue the hapless wetware specialist through both digital and physical realities, not everything, including Eric himself, is necessarily what it seems.
If you're a fan of original cyberpunk, tech noir or technothriller science fiction, and love the books of William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams, Philip K Dick and Rudy Rucker or their modern variations by authors like Blake Crouch, Neal Asher and Daniel Suarez -- this tense, action-packed novel is a perfect read for you!
***What other readers are saying***
Technothriller / Tech Noir / Cyberpunk... Fabulous
Set in a near future I think we can all see coming, where huge corporations control everything we see (and therefore believe), and government is little more than a thin veneer covering individual ambitions and dynasties - this book does a masterful job of painting a picture of what happens when someone says 'No.' But there's much, much more to the stories woven into the pages than that: an android reaching autonomy, a washed up intelligence operative reaching the end of his tether, the morality of technological enhancement, transhumanism... the list goes on, and the author does a brilliant job of drawing them all together in a rather satisfying finale!"
Couldn't put it down!!!
Really great plot, couldn't stop reading, plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing followed up by a superb ending which did not disappoint.
What a cracking good read
Ghost in the Machine is a brutally close approximation to where many of us feel society is currently heading: corporate fatcats dictating what we see and don't see, government a sad reflection of democracy - and a world changing to fast, and all for the worse.
A great read, looking forward to book two
This is the first book of this genre I have picked up, honestly wasn't sure if it would be my thing. However, the author has created a world of words that totally enthrals, superbly descriptive, with distinct characters and plenty of plot twists and turns that keep you guessing right up to the last page. Can't wait for book two to be published.
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