A perfect world. A lethal secret. One man will light the fuse.

In The Ripper’s Son, bestselling author Richard Phillips launches a relentless sci-fi thriller that rips through the illusion of utopia. The world’s AI overlords have ended war, disease, and death. But peace has a price… one Rob Gregory never agreed to pay.

Gifted with a unique ability, Rob lives quietly in Tuscany with his wife… until a devastating “accident” reignites his assassin’s bloodline. From Italy’s sun-drenched coast to its digital underworld, Rob unleashes hell on the forces that tore his life apart: splintered AIs, corrupt power brokers, and a cartel trafficking in forbidden human weakness.
The hunt is on. The fuse is lit.

If you love Crichton’s science, Crouch’s twists, and Bourne’s pacing, don’t miss this.

WINNER: First Place 2023 Writer's Digest E-Book Awards for for Science Fiction.

Numbers don't lie. But people do.

????? "If ChatGPT had a villain origin story, this would be it"

Boogie Wu was supposed to be a genius success story: child math prodigy, Stanford PhD, rising star at Magenta Labs. Then she burned out, flamed out, and disappeared.

Now, years later, the trillion-dollar company that cast her aside has launched a startlingly skillful AI. It drives. It cooks. It thinks. It takes more and more jobs from humans. And Boogie’s long-lost proof—the one she cracked in a sensory deprivation tank in rural Japan—might be the code running underneath it all.

As old friends resurface, whistleblowers go silent, and protest turns violent, Boogie is pulled back into a web of ambition, regret, and dangerous invention. She thought solving the math was the hard part. But when your mind is the blueprint for a machine that could reshape the world, Boogie must decide: expose the truth and risk everything, or fight a machine intelligence that knows her better than she knows herself.

Set in a future so near you can touch it, Cloudthinker is a profound and propulsive new thriller that confronts big tech, memory and consciousness, and what it means to be human.

Selected Reader Reviews:
????? "Crackling near-term, hard-SF dawn-of-AGI novel. More ideas per page than any book I've read in ages... Rather than worrying about whether AI understands in a way that would satisfy a philosopher, he asks whether they feel in a way that would terrify an ethicist." - Harry B.

????? "WOW. I always hope but never expect a book to be this good! How much did I ENJOY it?... and on a scale of 1-10 this was 17-19 or something!" - Randy F.

????? "This book will take you down the winding trail of "what ifs" that are fast becoming a reality for all of us. Thrilling and thought provoking. I forgot this was a work of fiction several times." - Joe S.

????? "In many ways, Cloudthinker feels like a movie waiting for a screenplay." - Jules K

????? "The timeliness of the AI progression nailed it, I think - everything from Wuhan to the current state of language models felt like the changes were worryingly plausible" - Sean R.

????? "You can read it as a philosophical and ethical journey into some of the most interesting topics emerging in today's society." - JT.

????? "I picked it up and read it in a single sitting. And then went back and read it again a few days later. A gripping and engaging story both times!" - Jordan D-M.

????? "This distinctly creative, imaginative, and profound debut novel will delight fans of sci-fi, thrillers/suspense stories, technothrillers, and cyberpunk". - Terri Stepek for Reader Views

????? "Hits the zeitgeist in a big way." - Jennifer Hill for Reedsy Discovery

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DARKNESS FALLS

The month of Darkness is quickly approaching. It is a time when the denizens of the night roam the land freely and the citizens of Arkdale lock themselves behind their high walls seeking refuge.
This cycle has repeated itself for centuries. Now the world is changing. An ancient secret buried deep beneath the land mournfully sings of the approaching chaos.
Now Walt, Rainna, Mallek, and Lucas must race to solve the enigmas of their ancestors before all that they know and love is plunged into eternal darkness.

UNLIKELY HEROES

Once orphans, now outcasts, these four inseparable friends must find a way to survive in a dystopian world where unspeakable horrors have been called forth from out of legend.
Their only hope lies within each other, the only family any of them have ever known.
Together they must rediscover the truths of a forgotten age to endure the surging storm.
But why are they being hunted by Arkdale's mysterious leaders?
Can they trust the strangers that suddenly appear to help them?
And most importantly, what is buried beneath the ruins?

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A story of alien plots, ancient prophecy, and unyielding courage.

An alien plague. A sixteen-year-old girl. A fight to save the world.

When a rare meteor shower unleashes a mind-altering infection, Alex's loved ones begin to change. They're smarter, faster, emotionless, and they have a plan. One that doesn't include her.

Pursued by friends turned enemies and desperate to save her little brother, Alex flees to the mountains surrounding her home, where the only chance for humanity has lain hidden for thousands of years.

With her only guide a set of cryptic clues, Alex follows a trail of increasingly shocking discoveries. Everything she thought she knew about the past was a lie, and it's up to her to save the future.
  
Tara Ellis is an Amazon best-selling author known for heart-pounding storylines in her acclaimed post-apocalyptic thriller series Flashpoint, Extinction, and After the Crash.
 
WINNER, Reader's Favorite Book Awards, 2015, Honorable Mention, YA sci-fi
FINALIST, Young Adult Finalist in the IAN Book Awards, 2015
(Formerly titled Bloodline)
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In the north of England, Gordon Burns is on his way back over to the Scottish borders, but before he can make it a strange and horrific scene takes place. After abandoning his car, and stuck in the middle of the Pennines, running for his life, Gordon reaches a guesthouse and meets up with the owners as well as other guests.

After watching the news on the television, Gordon and his guests realise that the country has been thrown into bloody chaos, and are on the verge of a possible apocalypse. Nothing seems to be stopping these things, as the infected that the media are calling "Runners" are running amok and spreading the virus.

Join Gordon, Joan, Sue, Lloyd, and Junior to see how this turns out for our characters. Who will manage to avoid the infection that is ravaging the country?

Not for person under the age of 18. ,

Three generations of women fight to survive in this heart pounding glimpse into an apocalyptic future where one man is determined to be the last alive.

As world leaders and street walkers alike succumb to the effects of the widespread biochemical weapon, no one is safe.

Cady Warren, who once believed in radical ideas like wiping out an entire civilization to save the rainforest, has grown up. Nothing is as simple as it once was. She’s now a mother, microbiologist, and a slightly paranoid prepper. Her ideals have changed--but Jackson Aimes doesn't know that.

Jackson Aimes is determined to be the last man alive, and then he wants to reunite with Cady to repopulate the world.

As survival demands sacrifices, Cady is ready to do whatever it takes to protect her daughter and her mother from the death and destruction Jackson is planning.

Is it too late for Cady to call on skills in the lab she hasn't used in a long time to stop the spread of terror and save her family or anyone? If she can't, she'll be one of the last survivors on earth...and then Jackson’s personal breeding partner.

Go with Cady as she fights for survival in this jaw-dropping apocalyptic thriller that spans three generations of women!

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