Jonbar Points
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When survival means sacrifice, can he save what matters most?
The Atacama event, where the world’s largest solar panel array was destroyed has become a pivotal moment for international corporations looking to profit as the world struggles to rebuild. A corporation runs a simulation to predict the best course for humanity, but is hacked by a rival who injects an adaptive and intelligent program to seize control of their computer systems. David Webb is a digital character in the simulation empowered to act and track down the hack. He is also a family man, with a life and dependents. Can he complete his task, knowing that to do so, might wipe out everything that he cares about as the system resets? Number Nine in The Fractal Series Episodes.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the home of new fiction at Flame Tree Publishing. It brings together powerful new authors and the more established, award winners with exciting, original and inclusive voices.
The Atacama event, where the world’s largest solar panel array was destroyed has become a pivotal moment for international corporations looking to profit as the world struggles to rebuild. A corporation runs a simulation to predict the best course for humanity, but is hacked by a rival who injects an adaptive and intelligent program to seize control of their computer systems. David Webb is a digital character in the simulation empowered to act and track down the hack. He is also a family man, with a life and dependents. Can he complete his task, knowing that to do so, might wipe out everything that he cares about as the system resets? Number Nine in The Fractal Series Episodes.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the home of new fiction at Flame Tree Publishing. It brings together powerful new authors and the more established, award winners with exciting, original and inclusive voices.
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About Allen Stroud
Allen Stroud is an acclaimed science fiction writer, academic and former Chair of the British Science Fiction Association. He’s the author of the highly-regarded space opera Fearless and the official Elite: Dangerous tie-in Lave Revolution. Allen also works on game design, roleplaying games, short stories, and screenwriting. His soundtrack The Fractal Series complements the Fearless universe blending story and music for fans of plausible science fiction, Alastair Reynolds, and Arthur C. Clarke.
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