Krysta Roach

Echoes in the Neon Jungle (eBook, ePUB)

A Cyberpunk Love Story
Redaktion: Ai

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the neon-drenched, smog-choked techno-slums of Neo-Kyoto, Anya, a ghost in the machine, survives by siphoning data from the corporate giants who control this dystopian landscape.  Her latest target: Thorne Industries, a seemingly routine heist that promises a brief respite from the gnawing hunger.  High above, in a sterile penthouse of glass and steel, Kael Thorne, heir to the Thorne empire, yearns for an authenticity that eludes his gilded cage.  A shared thirst for something *real* draws them together in a clandestine data den, a pulsating nexus of illicit information. Anya, cynical and wary, sees Kael as just another privileged thrill-seeker.  Kael, however, sees a spark in Anya's fierce independence, a reflection of the raw humanity he craves.  He offers a trade: access to his father's systems for a guided tour through the digital underworld.  Anya, needing to escape the clutches of a ruthless gangster, accepts. Their journey through the city's digital veins transforms their transactional arrangement into a fragile connection.  But beneath the neon glow, a darker truth lurks.  Kael discovers his father's sinister plan: Elysium, a city-wide neural implant program promising utopia, but masking a terrifying agenda of control. Anya, along with everyone in the techno-slums, is a target. The neon jungle becomes a battleground.  Anya, hardened by survival, fights for the right to remember, the right to *be*. Kael, stripped of his naivety, wrestles with his complicity.  Their love, born in the shadows, ignites a spark of rebellion against the encroaching darkness.  Allied with a memory-haunted hardware specialist and a fierce cypherpunk, they race against time, dodging surveillance programs and infiltrating systems, to expose the truth and awaken the city to the looming threat. As they delve deeper, they uncover a chilling failsafe: if their rebellion succeeds, the city's collective memory will be erased. Their fight for freedom becomes a battle against oblivion.  The echoes of their shared humanity, their love, their very memories, are on the verge of being silenced forever.  In the heart of the neon jungle, under a sky choked with smog and flickering holograms, they must choose: surrender to the encroaching darkness or ignite a revolution that will either save the city or erase it entirely.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublishDrive
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 6610000669523
• Artikelnr.: 72129438