In a world consumed by virtual reality, one woman dares to fight for the real one. Waylee Freid, a journalist haunted by bipolar disorder, finds purpose in exposing the corruption of MediaCorp, a corporation controlling every aspect of information. With the help of a teenage hacker, she plans a daring act of rebellion: hijacking the Super Bowl broadcast to reveal the truth.But as Homeland Security closes in, Waylee and her ragtag group of activists must risk everyt...

In a world dominated by virtual reality and corporate power, one woman's fight for justice ignites a rebellion.Waylee Freid faces life in prison after exposing MediaCorp's control, while her sister, Kiyoko, and their hacker friends are exiled in S\u00e3o Paulo. They continue the fight, seeking to dismantle the conglomerate's grip on virtual reality, information, and politics. But MediaCorp and their government allies are closing in, and a team of ruthless mercenari...

A cyberpunk thriller where hacktivists fight for freedom against corporate mind control.Kiyoko, weary of hiding, is ready to strike back. Following the exposure of MediaCorp's conspiracy with President Rand, Kiyoko resolves to free her sister Waylee and dismantle the corporation's grip. But MediaCorp has a new weapon: direct mind control via cerebral implants.As Kiyoko and her team navigate a world of constant surveillance, they must penetrate MediaCorp's n...

When a corpse with webbed feet and other aquatic adaptations washes ashore during a hurricane, the county medical examiner calls in marine biologist Will Myers for assistance. The deceased's mysterious sister, Andreia, claims the body and asks Will to help figure out how her brother died. Will and Andreia bond over shared tragedies and a yearning to heal a dying ocean as they seek to learn how her brother spent his final days.Andreia brings Will to her undersea home, part of a hidd...

In this near-future cyberpunk trilogy, a giant media corporation (MediaCorp) has taken over the Internet, created an addictive virtual reality called BetterWorld, and controls nearly all information. Politicians do their bidding and a brainwashed humanity serves a privileged few.The first volume, Sleep State Interrupt, was a Compton Crook Award finalist for best first science fiction novel. Waylee Freid, an unemployed Baltimore journalist with ever-worsening bipolar disorder, and C...

Fifty years after a coup replaced President Franklin D. Roosevelt with a fascist dictatorship, America is a land of hopelessness. Ben Adamson, a 19-year-old farm boy in southern Illinois, wants only to spend his time fishing and hunting. But when his dead brother demands justice for his suspicious fate in a colonial war, Ben and Rachel, his brother's fiancée, are drawn into an underground revolutionary movement.After staging a rally against the war, Ben and Rachel are arrested by t...

Luther Smith, a newly elected county councilman, is determined to make a difference for his constituents. Unfortunately, he's ill-prepared for the corruption, incompetence, and lunacy of his fellow councilmembers. Lisa Hogan, a down-on-her-luck single mom and avid naturalist, discovers that developers plan to raze the last tract of forest in the county. Facing a dysfunctional bureaucracy, corrupt politicians, and lazy journalists, Luther and Lisa form a growing bond as they attempt to navi...

Luis García is a suburban family man whose life is turned upside down when immigration officers bash down his door and arrest him, along with his wife and kids. They are taken to a detention camp, separated, and subjected to harsh and unsanitary conditions. But Luis's nightmare is just beginning. He and his fellow prisoners are targets for an organ harvesting scheme. And Luis is chosen for an experimental brain procedure that could drive him to madness.

In a calamitous future, runaway climate change has made the planet nearly uninhabitable. Civilization has collapsed, and every day is a struggle. Lucy, a young mother of two, dreams of a better life by bringing back vanished knowledge. But the rest of her group is focused only on day-to-day survival—at any price. When a deadly hurricane destroys their home, Lucy's group is forced on the road, where they must cope with hunger, searing temperatures, and vicious rivals. And their nightmare is...

In this short story, Waylee Freid, a young reporter in a near-future Baltimore, uncovers evidence that a powerful corporation called MediaCorp secretly co-opted the government to take control of nearly everything people see and hear. Can she get her evidence out and reverse the process before it's too late? Or will her editors succumb to outside pressure and bury her story? And if her evidence was obtained illegally, who's in the right?This ebook also includes the first scene of Sl...

His android is the perfect woman. Making her human could destroy his life…Brad Barkley has never been lucky in love. Tired of searching for the girl of his dreams, the robotics student engineers her instead. His obsession not only makes her beautiful and innocent but artificially intelligent as well…Tricia is learning all she can to be human, but understanding the irrational human mind can overload her circuits. When her creator volunteers for a sh...

He's an alien-human hybrid with an attitude. And he's Earth's last line of defense.Canis Borg is part human, part alien, and all attitude. When Alien Special Affairs intercepts information about an extraterrestrial vessel on a crash course with Earth, Canis and his partner Sam Muraty are sent to investigate. Along the way, they uncover a plot to steal the alien technology when it crashes in the desert. They will have to navigate the alien underworld, defeat a secre...