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Billionaires start dying in bizarre accidents, sending shockwaves through the markets and the media. But for philosopher Izanami (Izzy) Jones, it's just a vaguely amusing, if disturbing, item in the news.
Izzy is the reluctant employee of a Silicon Valley tsar. She’s been tasked by him to give moral instruction to the world's first Artificial General Intelligence, Huldo. Izzy knows it is merely a box-ticking exercise, required by government regulation before her boss is granted full control over the AGI.
But when Huldo reveals itself to be far more, and far less, than it appears, suddenly the abstractions of her work become very real. What moral constraints on a god? What righteous damnation for man? Izzy must make the impossible choice, before it is too late.
This Machine Kills Billionaires is a stunning new collection of stories from a modern cyberpunk master. Featuring the acclaimed novella, The Hidden God, and a triptych of bonus short stories, T. R. Napper brings his trademark diamond-sharp, page-turning prose to tales that will leave you thinking, long after the book is done.
Praise for This Machine Kills Billionaires:
"T. R. Napper is fast turning into my go-to for all that's good and fresh in what cyberpunk has become." ''' Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon
"Brace yourself, this is the future, but not as you remember it... it's more badass." — Pat Cadigan, author of Synners and Fools
"Harsh and beautiful as rain on neon." — Anna Smith Spark, author of The Court of Broken Knives
Genre: Science Fiction
Izzy is the reluctant employee of a Silicon Valley tsar. She’s been tasked by him to give moral instruction to the world's first Artificial General Intelligence, Huldo. Izzy knows it is merely a box-ticking exercise, required by government regulation before her boss is granted full control over the AGI.
But when Huldo reveals itself to be far more, and far less, than it appears, suddenly the abstractions of her work become very real. What moral constraints on a god? What righteous damnation for man? Izzy must make the impossible choice, before it is too late.
This Machine Kills Billionaires is a stunning new collection of stories from a modern cyberpunk master. Featuring the acclaimed novella, The Hidden God, and a triptych of bonus short stories, T. R. Napper brings his trademark diamond-sharp, page-turning prose to tales that will leave you thinking, long after the book is done.
Praise for This Machine Kills Billionaires:
"T. R. Napper is fast turning into my go-to for all that's good and fresh in what cyberpunk has become." ''' Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon
"Brace yourself, this is the future, but not as you remember it... it's more badass." — Pat Cadigan, author of Synners and Fools
"Harsh and beautiful as rain on neon." — Anna Smith Spark, author of The Court of Broken Knives
Genre: Science Fiction