A novella in the Liquid Cool sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series. It's a world of colossal skyscrapers. Hovercars fly above in the dark, rainy skies and gray people walk below on the grimy, hard streets in the "Neon Jungle." Uber-governments and megacorporations fight for control of the super-city, but so does crime. In the distance, I could see the light show of red and blue flashing sirens. Did this mean that the official days of “cyber summer” had begun? The season of summer was a relative term in Metropolis, since it rained all the time.

Free isn't like the rest of the drones... well, except for her friend Three, he's alright for the "Mr. Corpo Poster-Boy" that he is. But still, she isn't like any of them. She was FreeBorn and doesn't belong here. Has never belonged here. And one day soon, she'll sail further than any Asset has ever seen, break her way into the High-Priority Personnel DataStack at the very heart of the CodeSea, and prove it. This is a story about a girl 'Free' and her best friend 'Three', two very different people with similar goals. To escape their lives as Corporate-Assets, to reach for something more. The setting is cyberpunk-fantasy and it's appropriate for most ages (some light cursing but none of the 'serious' ones).

Even the nearly non-existent violent crime rate in the closed city of Creation didn’t protect Dace's wife Angie from falling victim to a savage, unsolved murder. Since then, Dace buries most of his time Auditing the Centralized Services of the Bureau of Administration computer systems for inefficiencies and redundancies. When he’s not working, he enters the chemical haze of the Cat’s Comb Club, accompanied by Fancyboy, the possibly cybernetically enhanced Maître D’ who takes a particular shine to him, and Ike, the club’s central attraction.

When Xue Saunders is murdered in her home the police have little to go on. The mystery deepens as she is discovered next to an unidentified man also shot to death. An unknown bot lies destroyed in her home, its memdrives a ruin. Missing from the home is Xue’s young daughter Fa, along with her nanny bot. Desperate for answers, and fearing for the child’s safety, the police turn to Lenore and Tick. The human and her robot partner are the best robot mechanics, or botdocs, in Denver. The pair agree to help in an attempt to salvage the damaged memdrives, but it comes with a risk. There are others who want those memdrives to remain lost, and they will do anything to ensure they do not come to light. In helping the police find the lost child Lenore and Tick are thrown into danger risking their business, their friends, and even their lives.

Before she was a wise-cracking Street Samurai, Ynna was a genetically modified designer baby perfectly crafted for the pride of her parents. After an unfortunate event forces her to leave the lap of luxury for the mean streets of BA City, she has to learn to fend for herself.

arth is dying. Luna is uninhabitable. Mars is our last chance. Once considered humanity's future home, Mars hasn't worked out like anybody hoped. Plagued by crime and a terraforming project that's centuries from completion, Mars is a red hell. Denver Moon, P.I., works the dark underbelly of Mars City. While investigating a series of violent crimes linked to red fever--a Martian disorder that turns its victims into bloodthirsty killers--Denver discovers a cryptic message left by Tatsuo Moon, Mars City co-founder and Denver's grandfather. The same grandfather who died two decades ago. Twenty-year-old revelations force Denver on a quest for truth, but Tatsuo's former friend, Cole Hennessy, leader of the Church of Mars, has other plans and will stop at nothing to keep Denver from disclosing Tatsuo's secrets to the world. Hell-bent on reclaiming her grandfather's legacy, Denver--along with her AI implant, Smith, companion android, Nigel, and shuttle pilot, Navya--set out on a quest to find the answers they hope will shed light on the church's true agenda, the origin of red fever, and the mysteries surrounding Tatsuo's tragic death.

Hypercage is a cyberpunk techno-thriller that features gripping and tense action, dark and vivid horror and a slice of future technology.

If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations... would you? Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program, who struggles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind.

Protecting his family isn’t easy for Starke Coven. Miles below the surface of an inhospitable earth and struggling to make ends meet in a heartless society, Starke works his legal maintenance job during the day, runs contraband through the dangerous underbelly of the city during the nights, and struggles to manage a depressed mother and fatherless younger brother at home.

A series of murders have become a sensation across the country. Known as the "Centipede Murders", no one knows where the forum legend came from, who started it, or how many murderers there are. While some worship the symbol spreading across the internet, others are baffled as to the reasons behind the murders. Identifying information thought to be tucked away safely within government archives is deleted, leaving authorities with little to go on. With such an elusive and invisible entity controlling the fates of what is assumed to be random citizens, a girl in tune with cyberspace more so than the average person has finally uncovered a mysterious code that might just be the entry into discovering what the Centipede is and why it does what it does. Aided by her sister, she goes off the grid and starts her private battle using her gifted brain to unravel the secrets everyone wants to know.

In 2114, Pinnacle Corporation, the world’s largest tech company, hosts the Tech Games to showcase the world’s latest technology. The contestants must battle it out in 11 brutal games to ultimately win a $100 million prize! These digital and hybrid athletes must use everything at their disposal in order to take that prize and all of its glory in the Tech Games. Hacking, firewalls and electronic countermeasures are all being used by each contestant while running and fighting at top speed. It’s all on the line, because nothing is being left on the table!

When an ordinary guy’s implanted devices are reset after a construction accident that costs him his arm, the daemons in charge of his electronics are just trying to do their job as usual. But will they manage to keep their user happy and alive, when every bit of info they uncover becomes another part of a mystery, when it becomes clear that someone is framing him for murder and when a corporation is making sure he is no longer a loose end?

In the famous cyberpunk city of Chongqing, 2042, young police officer Lei Yijun faces a daunting challenge as he re-investigates a suspenseful accident that occurred six years ago.

Salem had quit the world six years ago. His unique skills forcing him to escape the reality of the Neon Boulevard and into the complete isolation of a virtual world.

In a near-future city known as Neon Nexus, technology has taken a revolutionary leap. Nano-cybernetics have become the norm, allowing people to augment their bodies and minds with microscopic, self-repairing machines. The city pulsates with neon lights and cybernetic wonders, but beneath its dazzling facade lies a dark underbelly of corruption and intrigue. Meet Nova, a young hacker with an exceptional talent for manipulating nano-cybernetics. With eyes that glimmer with nanotech-enhanced vision, she spends her days navigating the digital realm and evading the all-seeing eyes of the city's powerful mega-corporations. Nova's past is a mystery even to herself, her earliest memories erased by a failed experiment involving nano-cybernetics...

Paragon.EXE is the prequel novella to the Absolute Knowledge trilogy. Fueled by the Cold War, the development of the technology that led to the Absolute Knowledge project began with very different objectives than are present in the year 2146, over two hundred years in the future from the start of the Omniscient project. Created as a project to aid leadership in the case of catastrophe, the Omniscient project was morphed by corruption and the pursuit of the unknown. These changes were hidden through time only to resurface when the stakes were much higher. Paragon.EXE takes place in the 1960s and 2020s and follows the chilling development of the Absolute Knowledge project from its cryptic roots.

In a world where most of us are just surplus population, certain temptations are acute indeed.

An expedition into the indescribable.

With everyone he cares about either dead or long absent, Cowl Coven has lost interest in life. Despite the endless distractions of a high-profile job as a programmer in the Hub and nightly runs into the chasm below for the black market, he still finds himself looking for a way out. When a hacked piece of data reveals what seems to be human life on the desolate, alien-infested surface of Earth, he thinks he might have just found it.

The Minerva Sierra Challenge is a grueling spectacle, the cyborg's Tour de France. Rich thrill-seekers with corporate sponsorships, extensive support teams, and top-of-the-line exoskeletal and internal augmentations pit themselves against the elements in a day-long race across the Sierra Nevada. Marmeg Guinto doesn’t have funding, and she doesn’t have support. She cobbled her gear together from parts she found in rich people’s garbage and spent the money her mother wanted her to use for nursing school to enter the race. But the Minerva Challenge is the only chance she has at a better life for herself and her younger brothers, and she’s ready to risk it all.

Mr. Johnson. You know the name. You probably know the face—smooth, implacable, professional. He’s got the nuyen and resources you want, and he knows it. He may not have your skills, but he doesn’t care. That’s what he has the nuyen for—so he can buy yours. He’s corporate through and through, and you can’t ever forget that, because if you do, that’s when he sells you out for the good of his corp. But he’ll stay professional, of course, right up until the moment he slides the knife smoothly into your back. He’s useful, that Mr. Johnson, but every time you meet him, every time you have to deal with his double-crosses, his condescending put-downs, his smug superiority, you wish that the day would come when the tables were turned, when he was forced out on the street with nothing but his wits and street skills—whatever those might be—to keep him alive. Well, good news. Sometimes wishes come true, even in the Sixth World. Mr. Johnson is about to meet the street, and you’ve got a ringside seat.

Forces are moving in the high-tech rat race of New White Sands City and one low-level transporter has an opportunity to make it big if he can survive the dangerous backwaters of corporate espionage.

Sonic is the most famous hedgehog of all time, the star of three Sega Mega-Drive games. In this novel, Doctor Robotnik is up to his old tricks again. Sonic finds that all his pals - even Tails - have been sucked into computers! Sonic has to infiltrate Robotnik's processor to save his friends.

It’s a post-modernistic society. Globalisation of companies has pre-occupied lives, individualism and has eliminated the cultural and artistic artefacts as well. Information is recycled through past philosophy and styles within the world’s history and culture.

The embattled city of Spire is the last refuge of the human mining colonists on the planet known simply as IV. Clustered around a gigantic, mysterious black spire that points to the stormy skies above, the area around this city is the only place on this hellish planet that hasn’t been destroyed yet. Follow Thaig on a wild, amphetamine-fuelled journey through its streets and its underground. Explore the dark secrets that lay at the underbelly of Spire, as Thaig loses everything in his mad quest for the truth: what is the overbearing government hiding? Why are they pursuing him? What strange thing did he find down in the mines?

Aedan Namakoto is a man torn between two lives. Online, he is the respected founder of a VR network promising virtual worlds free from invasive ads and surreptitious surveillance. Offline, he’s a guilt-ridden single father in poor health, working obsessively to escape the past.

In a future exo-planet city, the escorts of Synthetic Affections pleasure club work their trade through android avatars. The escort Charlotte -real name Ruth- has an enviable reputation and a secret: she remains a devout virgin serving the poor of the city. Don’t judge her for the men and women she sleeps with.

Few things endure like fear and fungus. In a city forever shrouded in darkness, Kalan braves the heights of the lichen covered buildings to scrub the invading fungi from the walls. What will be discovered when the secrets of The City Below the Cloud come for them? A dystopian cyberpunk novella that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew.

In a world where magic and technology have become inseparable, the city of Neo-Avalon stands as a testament to the power of innovation and the resilience of the human spirit. Yet beneath the shimmering towers of the upper city and the thriving streets of the lower city, a dark secret threatens to tear this utopia apart. Seraphina "Phina" Blackthorne, a skilled hacker and mage, is driven by the desire to uncover the truth behind her parents' disappearance and the oppressive control of the Malveaux Corporation.

Ren, a gifted mechanic, is unwittingly on the cusp of igniting a revolution that could dismantle the oppressive empire of MetiCorp. After he rescues a droid and is discovered for his talent, he embarks on a quest to reach the elusive ICON status by mastering robotics.

The Man With No Name is a cyberpunk novella written from multiple characters’ viewpoints that explores artificial intelligence, family ties, and what it means to be free. Over time, each character’s stories intersect into a tightly-woven plot that begins in achronological (non-linear) order before settling into a rhythm.

Human sexuality is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon involving various psychological, social, cultural, and biological factors. While there is no significant scientific evidence to support the idea that most people prefer to have sexual relations with programmed machines, some hypotheses suggest that some individuals might be attracted to this form of sexual interaction. Some argue that the novelty and curiosity generated by technology can be attractive for those who seek something new and exciting in their sexual lives. Additionally, the anonymity and freedom associated with interacting with robots or artificial intelligence (AI) may be appealing for some individuals who wish to avoid the uncertainty and risk inherent in human sexual relationships.

It’s a world of colossal skyscrapers. Hover-cars fly above in the dark, rainy skies and gray people walk below on the grimy, hard streets in the “Neon Jungle.” Uber-governments and mega-corporations fight for control of the super-city, but so does crime. An average woman, Carol—hardworking and decent in every way— loses her daughter to the psycho Red Rabbit. Can Police Central find the girl in time—alive? And is it really a random, senseless kidnapping in the fifty-million-plus city? There are a million victims and perpetrators in this High-Tech, Low-Life World. This is one of those stories…before we meet our private eye (and unlikely hero), Cruz, in the soon-to-be-released, debut novel, Liquid Cool.

The story follows the progress of a group of computer hackers (called "warlocks" in the story) who are early adopters of a new full-immersion virtual reality technology, called the "Other Plane". Warlocks penetrate computers around the world for personal profit or curiosity. Forming a cabal, they must keep their true identities—their "True Names"—secret even to each other and to the "Great Adversary", the United States government, as those who know a warlock's True Name can force him to work on their behalf, or even cause a "True Death" by killing the warlock in real life.