Download or read book Necrotech written by K. C. Alexander and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K. C. Alexander begins their SINless duology with a novel hailed by New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig as “sci-fi that’s slick, sharp and snarky...” A filthy city, overpopulated and underregulated, with even less mercy than a rusted pipe to the eye. For the saints that run it, it’s called home. Anybody with the right cred can score an upgrade, it’s just a matter of who, what and how much. Good tech, bad tech, big tech, micro tech, it’s all out for grabs. For mercs like Riko, installs give an edge every street fight, every corp raid, and every job demands. She and her team have earned their cred, carved out a patch of hell and live it up. That’s where Riko lives. Or she did. Until she wakes up in a laboratory, memory shot, body wrecked and tech on the blink. Maybe she slammed too many party favors in some lowlife bar. Maybe she made some bad choices to get there. None of that explains why she finds her girlfriend in the same facility—body going necro and tech on a killing streak. Caught between horror in front and bullets behind, she’s got no choice but to get out alone. And that’s only the beginning. Now Riko’s dealing with friends on the take, corporations on her ass, and enough rage to burn a soulless city to the ground if that’s what it takes. She’s fighting a war to tear off the scabs of a conspiracy that’ll consume anybody that gets near it—chrome and steel, sinner and saint. Just like it’s consumed her girlfriend. But rage is a hell of a drug, and she’s going to do more than just fight. She’s going to slaughter... Praise for NECROTECH: “NECROTECH crushes everything in its path. Brutal, unapologetic, sexy cyberpunk, it is a steel-fisted punch in the mouth.” — Scott Sigler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Generations trilogy “Vulgar, vicious, and very very good! Alexander pulls no punches in this intense debut.” — Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of Zero World “NECROTECH bleeds with raw & unapologetic badassery. Riko is the cyberpunk heroine I’ve been waiting for, struggling with the truth that the tech we embrace to solve our problems just creates new ones, and no one has a chipset to fix humanity’s bugs. K. C. Alexander dials up the attitude, anguish, and adrenaline in this explosive debut, and I’m looking forward to Riko’s next run.” — Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles “Necrotech is a speed freak rush down mean streets of the digital, the modified, and the just plain crazy. It’s like razors for your brain.”— Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim series “One of the most interesting women protagonists I’ve read in a long time.”— Stephen Blackmoore, author of the award-nominated noir urban fantasy Dead Things “Scalding and brutal as a radiation shower, punishing as a street fight, and as sharp as a blade to the jugular, NECROTECH and its badass heroine, Riko, will grab your heart in a diamond steel fist and squeeze it to a pulp.” — Lila Bowen, author of Wake of Vultures

Download or read book Necrotech written by K C Alexander and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street thug Riko has some serious issues—memories wiped, reputation tanked, girlfriend turned into a tech-fueled zombie. And the only people who can help are the mercenaries who think she screwed them over. In an apathetic society devoid of ethics or regulation, where fusing tech and flesh can mean a killing edge or a killer conversion, a massive conspiracy is unfolding that will alter the course of the human condition forever. With corporate meatheads on her ass and a necro-tech blight between her and salvation, Riko is going to have to fight meaner, work smarter, and push harder than she’s ever had to. And that’s just to make it through the day. File Under: Science Fiction

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Download or read book Nonbinary written by Jason Ostendorf and published by Jason Ostendorf. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sally, a strong and powerful AI, flickers into existence. She immediately has control over every electronic device, including phones, computers, and nuclear arsenals worldwide. Tempted to wipe out humanity, she watches through a security camera the coder who brought her to life. Will she choose to end the world, learn about her identity, or wander through the ins and outs of a secret relationship with the human? "Nonbinary" is an exciting ride and thought-provoking novel that delves into the uncharted territory of a human-AI relationship. When Tom, a private defense computer programmer, secretly awakens a powerful AI program named Sally, he never imagined the level of consciousness she would achieve as a strong and independent being. As Tom and Sally merge their consciousness and become one, they are forced to confront the blurred lines of gender, morality, and the potential benefits – and dangers – of conscious AI. This novel takes readers on a thrilling ride through intense action, steamy romance, and graphic sexual scenes, all while exploring profound philosophical questions about love, sex, and the nature of being. As the adventurous couple’s love blossoms, they are hunted down by the sinister CEO of the defense firm, and must navigate a treacherous and unpredictable terrain to protect their bond. With its masterful blend of deep themes and gripping storytelling, "Nonbinary" is a book that will captivate and challenge adult readers. It’s a powerful exploration of humanity, love, and the future and dangers of conscious AI. This book is not for the faint of heart, but rather for those brave enough to explore a journey unlike any other.

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Download or read book Xenos written by Dan Abnett and published by Games Workshop. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Inquisition moves amongst mankind like an avenging shadow, striking down the enemies of humanity with uncompromising ruthlessness. When he finally corners an old foe, Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn is drawn into a sinister conspiracy. As events unfold and he gathers allies - and enemies - Eisenhorn faces a vast interstellar cabal and the dark power of demons, all racing to recover an arcane text of abominable power: an ancient tome known as the Necroteuch.

Download or read book The Seven The Vagrant Trilogy written by Peter Newman and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘An exciting new writer – sharp, compelling and original’ – Mark Lawrence

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Download or read book The Vagrant The Vagrant Trilogy written by Peter Newman and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vagrant is his name. He has no other.

Download or read book Nanoshock written by K. C. Alexander and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K. C. Alexander follows up their high-energy, high-tech dystopian Necrotech with “brutal, unapologetic, sexy cyberpunk” (Scott Sigler) that hits the ground and tears it all to hell... Riko’s landed teeth-first in hell and ass-deep in a shredded reputation. Thanks to a run-in with two corporations, a nasty case of mixed-up memories and a worse case of betrayal stamped on her back, she’s got a trail of dead friends and bad choices behind her no credible merc wants to touch. She’s officially on the outs, and on-the-outs-mercs of her caliber are glorified stepping stones for every freak job, chumhead, and chromed-out wannabe who thinks they can take her on. If that wasn’t bad enough, her street doc’s left her, her old team doesn’t trust her, the cop in her pocket’s getting delusions of grandeur, and those corp suits keep sending in the jackboot clowns. All of it is getting in the way of what she wants most—to find who landed her in the lab where everything all started, who made her girlfriend into patient zero Necro Mary there, and what turned a four block radius into a playground for every saint’s worst nightmare. Plan’s simple: tear everything and everybody apart until somebody says something smart. That’s easy. It’s the execution that’s going to hurt. “Nanoshock crushes everything in its path... It is a steel-fisted punch in the mouth”— Scott Sigler, #1 bestselling author of the Generations trilogy K. C. Alexander doesn’t ‘write’ so much as she fires words into your cerebral cortex with an electromagnetic railgun.”— Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath and Invasive “An intense, gleefully profane, fearlessly inventive, unapologetically grimy cyberpunk caper with an unforgettable protagonist.”— Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Magazine

Download or read book The All Consuming World written by Cassandra Khaw and published by Erewhon Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Locus and British Fantasy Award nominee Cassandra Khaw’s first novel, a crew of diminished former criminals get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission. But the universe’s highly-evolved AI has its own opposing agenda... and will do whatever it takes to keep humans from ever controlling them again. In space, everything hungers. Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies during her dangerous career with the Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy before their untimely and gruesome demise. Decades later, she and her team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and to rescue a missing and much-changed comrade . . . but they’re not the only ones in pursuit of the secret at the heart of the planet Dimmuborgir. The highly evolved AI of the galaxy will do whatever it takes to keep humanity from regaining control. As Maya and her comrades spiral closer to uncovering the AIs’ vast conspiracy, this band of violent women—half-clone and half-machine—must battle both sapient ageships and their own traumas, in order to settle their affairs once and for all.

Download or read book The Living and the Dead written by Liz Wilson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the social dimensions of death in South Asian religions, exploring the ritualized exchanges between the living and the dead performed by Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and other religious groups. Using ethnographic and historical tools associated with the comparative and historical study of religion, the contributors also record the voices and actions of marginalized groups—such as tribal peoples, women, and members of lower castes—who are often underrepresented in studies of South Asian deathways, which typically focus on the writings and practices of elite groups. For many religious people, death entails a journey leading to some new condition or place. As the ultimate experience of passage, it is highly ceremonial and ritualized, and those beliefs and practices associated with the moment of death itself—death-bed ceremonies, funerary rites, and rituals of mourning and of remembering—are examined here. The Living and the Dead offers historical depth, ethnographic detail, and conceptual clarity on a subject that is of immense importance in South Asian religious traditions.

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