Killing Adam

Debut novelist Beann delivers a cyberpunk winner that combines brisk action, empathetic characters, and high stakes with a warning about being addicted to social media. In the near future, everyone has an Altered Reality Chip implanted in the brain and tied to the ARCNet. Due to a brain injury that makes him incompatible with ARCNet, San Francisco football player Jimmy Mahoney attends Implant Disabilities Anonymous. There he meets Trixie, who recruits him for an elaborate scheme to infiltrate and disable Adam, an artificial intelligence who was created out of the network, believes he is God, and wants to enslave mankind. Revealing that she is also an AI, Trixie promises Jimmy that if he helps her destroy Adam, he can reconnect with his wife, Michelle, who is catatonic on ARCNet. But with the ability to see through the eyes of millions of ARCNet-connected people and share their memories, Adam is tracing Trixie and Jimmy’s every move. Readers will savor the timely social commentary, exhilarating plot, and satiating ending, and will eagerly await future stories from this author to watch. [em](BookLife) [/em]