Faith Faraday and the Cyber Samurai
(2025)A novel by Nathan J Pearce
Faith Faraday and the Cyber SamuraiIn 2076, a revolutionary AI elevates Japan as the world’s only technological mega-power.
Samu, the Empress’s ‘Restorative AI’, leads a tech renaissance inventing quantum fusion, practical quantum computing, and a faster-than-light drive, promising a Japan-first colonization of the stars.
That promise is broken when Samu’s colony ship explodes on launch, killing all aboard, including Hope Faraday.
Now it’s up to her twin sister Faith, a half-Danish, half-Japanese Daemon Hunter trained to detect and neutralize rogue AIs, to find out why. She infiltrates The Hollow, Japan’s research and development bunker deep inside Mt. Fuji, and she’s not coming out without answers.
With her sentient AI, Grace, in her ear and her loyal utility bot, Chip, by her side, Faith navigates a NeoTokyo both old and new. From tea ceremonies with a deadly cyberGeisha to horseback archery contests at the Empress's birthday celebration, Faith must prove herself ‘Japanese enough’ to uncover the truth.
‘The ending was great. Had a nice mix of victory, defeat, despair, and hope as well as mystery. I look forward to reading the next one to find out what happens next and am glad I could in some small part, be a part of bringing this one into existence.’
- Erwin, Beta Reader
The book features 40 chapter graphics, one for each chapter, and a map of the greater NeoTokyo area, and has benefited from three professional edits.
Genre: Science Fiction
Samu, the Empress’s ‘Restorative AI’, leads a tech renaissance inventing quantum fusion, practical quantum computing, and a faster-than-light drive, promising a Japan-first colonization of the stars.
That promise is broken when Samu’s colony ship explodes on launch, killing all aboard, including Hope Faraday.
Now it’s up to her twin sister Faith, a half-Danish, half-Japanese Daemon Hunter trained to detect and neutralize rogue AIs, to find out why. She infiltrates The Hollow, Japan’s research and development bunker deep inside Mt. Fuji, and she’s not coming out without answers.
With her sentient AI, Grace, in her ear and her loyal utility bot, Chip, by her side, Faith navigates a NeoTokyo both old and new. From tea ceremonies with a deadly cyberGeisha to horseback archery contests at the Empress's birthday celebration, Faith must prove herself ‘Japanese enough’ to uncover the truth.
‘The ending was great. Had a nice mix of victory, defeat, despair, and hope as well as mystery. I look forward to reading the next one to find out what happens next and am glad I could in some small part, be a part of bringing this one into existence.’
- Erwin, Beta Reader
The book features 40 chapter graphics, one for each chapter, and a map of the greater NeoTokyo area, and has benefited from three professional edits.
Genre: Science Fiction
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