Prime by Nate Kenyon
When simulated interactions are an essential part of life, a programming glitch can be devastating, especially for the company that controls the sims.
William Bellow is an experienced bug hunter who comes as close as any human to the anticipated Transformation that links man to machine. As he digs into the problems surrounding New London’s most advanced programming, the nature of his own memories and the events of his past are called into question. Desperate manipulations and complex deceptions take him from the corporate towers to the underground resistance as Bellow’s work quickly escalates into a fight for his life in both the physical and virtual worlds.
Kenyon’s fast-paced, twisting thriller tracks Bellow’s progress forward through the case and backward through his own questionable past. Prime is a must-read for fans of Richard K. Morgan, Neal Stephenson, and Philip K. Dick.
Cover art by Katja Faith
Blurbs
“Nate Kenyon has already proven himself a hell of a writer, but PRIME puts him on a whole new level. PRIME is sexy, two-fisted Future Noir that riffs off of present day questions of techno-ethics and still manages an emotional finale. Bravo!”
—Christopher Golden, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Baltimore, The Myth Hunters, and Wildwood Road
“Nate Kenyon really messes with your alphas in this one: a futuristic thriller with shocks, startling insights into the human mind, and surprising twists, it’s also deeply relevant to what’s happening in the world today.”
—Tim Lebbon, Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award-winning author of Dusk, Dawn, and The Island
Reviews
To say that this is Kenyon’s best work is a bit of a misnomer—indicating his other works are of lesser quality, which is simply not true. Prime_, however, is much more ambitious, and offers serious introspection on the nature of man and technology…and where our world is headed. In a way-–while carefully avoiding hyperbole–-_Prime offers a similar impact as Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451, because in a world that becomes ever more “plastic”, where “reality” is so easily simulated…Kenyon’s story is hauntingly plausible.
Shroud Magazine
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156 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0982159620
