Science fiction: cyberpunk/biopunk

In a world of ancient magic and worldwide criminal organizations, Silver and Henrietta "Hank the Hawk" Smith must race against the clock to be the one who possesses the priceless artifact Jazeer's Light.Silver, a mercenary who works alone, meets Hank, a young and idealistic archeologist, while "liberating" a historic relic from a tomb, and together they travel across continents and battle criminal syndicates in Europe and Asia to secure the artifact. But will they be the first to find it? If you enjoyed The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, you'll love The Silver & Smith Chronicles.

Bett the hacker gets a personalized message on a computer he just broke into. J-Red the streamer accepts a mobster's job offer to get his belongings out of repo. Pairs of packages and pizzas arrive at the doorstep of recently unemployed Kiran.The cyberpunk world of Galleria Valley runs on corporate greed, shady mob deals, and bionic enhancements. No one survives long when playing by the rules.Let these short stories be the neon lights that guide your hovercar through the towering buildings of Galleria Valley.

One last job. Then I'm out.When the city starts exploding, Janik Brynn, becomes a suspected terrorist, stalling his plans to leave the corrupt corporate overlords and San Francisco behind, perhaps indefinitely. He'll have to put his car thieving aside and use every trick he mastered as a Consortium coder once more if he's going to clear his name.On the frontlines of the city's computer grid, Serena's armed with a flimsy false persona and dropped into the den of a wealthy suspect-not exactly on her list of career goals. It might have actually been possible, too, if not for the aggressive wave of attacks on her boss's infrastructure.Forced together by fate and the power-hungry elite, these two unlikely allies must learn to trust each other, or they'll have to watch the city they love burn to the ground.Fans of Matthew A. Godwin's "Into Neon" will enjoy this mashup of Total Recall and Die Hard set in Consortium owned San Francisco.

Set in a worryingly foreseeable future, not everything is as it seems after China attempts to steal a revolutionary neural implant. Humanity and technology are on a collision course, and as killers chase wetware specialist, Eric Thorne, through both digital and physical realities, the greed and ambition of two men will change the world forever.

Cyborg samurai Cat LeBlanc takes charge when aliens overrun a city-only to discover humans may be the greater threat-in this cyberpunk adventure. A small city mostly populated by well-to-do retirees, Burlington, Vermont, is now home to the Antithesis. The alien flora has taken root underground and throughout the surrounding woodlands, giving birth to monstrous beings driven by instinct to consume Earth's own living creatures. With only three rookie samurai to protect them and resources dwindling fast, the people of Burlington are facing extinction. Cat LeBlanc's success against the Antithesis in the megacity of New Montreal has raised her profile amongst the samurai. And despite her antiauthoritarian attitude and appetite for destruction in combat, she's been assigned to assume command of Burlington's defenses. Against her better judgment-and though it means taking time away from her girlfriend, Lucy, and their adopted gang of children, "the kittens"-Cat accepts the mission. Accompanied by pyrotechnic nun Gomorrah, Cat finds Burlington's downtown is indeed struggling to survive, but the privileged residents of River Heights thrive behind the protection of their privately funded militia. Worse, the undisciplined trio of samurai-in-training she's supposed to lead are variously arrogant, rebellious, and insecure. Now, Cat must forge a fighting force out of them while playing politics with the city's wealthiest power brokers. Unfortunately, their enemy doesn't also suffer from political and personal conflicts. The Antithesis is of one mind, a hive determined to spread their contagion across Earth. And if Cat can't rally the samurai, soldiers, and citizens of Burlington to work together, the fall of the city may foretell humanity's eventual fate . . . The fifth volume of the hit LitRPG sci-fi series-with more than nine million views on Royal Road-now available on Audible and wherever ebooks are sold!

What is a billionaire heiress supposed to do when all of her older siblings take to business like her parents, proving that business is in their blood?But not hers.There are many good choices. Unfortunately, Chloe decided that partying was the right one.Now, a requirement to keep her money requires her to attend daily meetings with the family psychologist-a daily meeting about how she should change her life to change her future. The worst part? The meetings are before noon, so she has to get up early.Then, he presents her with an offer.Invest in a new game company and become the first player to stay inside their full-immersion pod.For two years.Two years away from her parents looking down on her and not having to listen to her siblings and their success?Done. There is only one problem... Chloe's avatar connects to a Goddess of Retribution who doesn't remember her past.Following the rabbit trail of armor to help the goddess will require more responsibility from Chloe than she has ever accepted in the past.Will she return to being the party girl of her past, or will the Lagarde daughter tempered in fire from her upbringing wake up?

As Kany, a mineral of phenomenal applications, searched and tracked down throughout the world from the beginning of time, is about to be discovered and extracted in an obscure corner of Africa, a nation called Mezi, powerful forces with major competing interests are unleashed. Dr. Anthony O'Shea, who has suffered a life-time humiliation in academic circles while pursuing relentlessly his studies of exotic minerals, has finally recruited Kano Wasiri, a reluctant scientist but a natural born nationalist leader, in the quest of extracting Kany in the high plateau of Mezi.

I almost ripped my ears off. And yet, part of me wanted to listen to him. It's like a horrible car crash. You try to look away, but you just can't. No question James had a raw deal. Not only did he teleport to another universe, but he also had to live in a secure military complex named Valardir for protection. The only bright spot is that Rose Ricdeau, his winged benefactor, shares his living quarters. Her friendship makes his stay there tolerable. Just as James finds a sense of normalcy in his new existence, he receives a phone call from the mysterious cyborg the Nirnivians call Doctor Death. Without delay, the Doctor warns him not to trust Rose. James, however, refuses to listen and hangs up, quite certain that if his hosts discovered he talked to their enemy they'd be less than pleased. Deep down, James wonders if there's truth to Doctor Death's words. Should Rose not be the friend she appears to be, what did that imply for him? Still, he can't risk antagonizing his only lifeline, so he reveals the cyborg's call to Valardir's authorities. Immediately, panic ensues. That the Doctor contacted James implies he breached Valardir's security. This scenario spells doom and so a rush occurs to find out what happened. This puts more pressure on the already overworked technical staff, who considers rebellion. Did the cyborg breach Valardir security? If so, what does it mean for James' and Rose's safety? If not, how did he contact James? Either way, why did the president of another country bother calling an insignificant human from a different world? Perhaps more crucial for James, is Rose the benevolent figure she pretends to be? And what if she's not? Book 2 of the Cyborg's Crusade series.

CodeBlade is a small-scale tabletop brawler miniature wargame set in a near-future cyberpunk version of our world. Even with a small setup, It challenges players to use all of their strategic ability.

Alina has a cybernetic arm, a lot of anger......and people out to get her.After a job gone wrong, Alina loses her arm to a vicious thug who left her for dead. Good thing she's a little tougher than he thought...Except she needs money. Bad.When a risky opportunity arises, Alina feels she has no choice, and she's chosen for a dangerous experimental procedure, which involves having her brain interfaced with multiple AIs.She also gets a pile of cash.She thinks about taking off-but there's a tracker under her skin. Having no choice but to go through with the procedure, Alina awakes and is no longer herself.To make matters worse, people are still out to get her. On the run, she'll have to learn to live with her new consciousness and stay one step ahead of the goons who want to take her down.Will she live to finally get out of the city?Or has she taken one risk too many?Experimental Activation is a cyberpunk novel for people who love tough female leads, dark futuristic worlds and thrilling action.Get Experimental Activation now.

Trans girl hacker-for-hire Kiera’s about to loser her crib, and gigging her ass off as a private detective to keep the lights on. Then her partner’s ex-best friend is murdered, and her new crush turns up missing—except for a hand. Kiera is framed for both crimes, and her only leads in both cases are sticks of sandalwood incense...

In the near future, the world has seen drastic shifts. Global climate change has altered countries and continents; mega-corporations have altered society and governments; oligenetics, physics, and nanotechnology has altered humankind; and The T.A.L.O.N. Agency is a leader in all these things. Disappear into the shadows of a dark-and-dirty, street-level, borderline cyberpunk dystopian series about heroes and villains, born from one corporation changing the world for the better to create a utopia.

The Prequel to the Aberrant Series!Fight to stay alive.The Gravelands are a dangerous place.In a world of uncertainty, Cora Manning knows one thing without a doubt: getting into Genesis will offer her a brighter future.When the intake coordinator agrees to let her in because of her genetic makeup, Cora discovers the promised city of utopia is nothing like she imagined.The rebellion has begun.This is the prequel to the Aberrant series. It was written after Magic Forbidden. It can be read before Love Forbidden or after Magic Forbidden. It is a standalone prequel.

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Begin againThe world has long been divided. The Unity, and all their bounty, are protected by an army strengthened by nanites, which heal instantly but block the experience of emotion. Those who "resist" the technology live in isolated pockets on the infertile fringes. The wars between each faction died off long before young love blossomed between Arin and Lia... or so it seemed.Arin, now a Unity commander, captures an enemy assassin only to discover she is Lia. Faced with the prospect of turning the only woman he ever loved over for execution or facing his own, Arin decides to flee with Lia into the Unknown Territories. Lia introduces Arin to life in the Resistance world, a harsh existence exacerbated by Unity oppression. Upon arrival at Lia's secret destination, a hidden paradise in Resistance territory, Arin discovers that Lia is no lone assassin but an integral part of a clandestine Resistance army and wife of the army's formidable leader, Roland.Faced with life as a prisoner or life without his healing nanites, Arin chooses to live as a mortal once again, reawakening his impulsive spirit, along with his feelings for Lia. Arin soon joins the Resistance forces and proves his newfound loyalties by confronting the cold army he once commanded.But growing suspicion of Roland's true motivations leads Arin to uncover a great secret hidden by Roland and his fellow army leaders, one that may change the world forever.

When free-spirited dancer, Stella Grace, arrives at the city of her dreams, she finds herself in a nightmarish world. In this techno metropolis where people harness the power of the elements through the motion of dance, rumors spread of party-goers being drained of their energy. Alongside her timid best friend and fearful rival, Stella must uncover conspiracies and inner truths to liberate the corrupted city.

In the city of Genesia a chance encounter with Olympia, one of the clockwork dancers from the cabaret, leads Detective Evergreen Fox into a taking the job of finding a killer. Drawn into a world of deception and danger Fox faces both the fascists of the Renewal Society and their enemies in the underground movement known as the Masquerade. All the while he must contend with his growing fascination with Olympia and with the cyber augmentation in his head that has developed a taste for atrocity. As both a coup and a revolution threaten to tear the city apart Fox begins to understand that in a place that delights in masks it is impossible to know which side anyone is on.

"Beneath the skin, flesh, and cyberware lies a beating heart--and only two things can stop a heart from beating: love and death"--

An engineered virus that attacks the brain leaks from a research lab and spreads quickly, causing infected people to go into psychotic rage. Before almost anyone knows what is happening, a well-armed America is terrorized by a pandemic of violence.Kanetha Wilson-friend of the first victim-is first to recognize that something is not as it seems. She inspires a small cadre of scientists and others into a breakneck, lonely, and lawless mission to identify and stop the murder plague. They must rebel against scientific and political establishments and public opinion hardened against taking pandemics seriously. More importantly, they must stay alive themselves, when crazed murderers might appear anywhere, and when madness might be only a breath away.Set in Orlando, Florida-where tourists from all over can quickly spread contagion-The Murder Plague is a dystopian thriller transpiring not long after the COVID crisis. Scott Michael Powers, author of the UFO-hunt thriller The Roswell Swatch, delivers a fast-paced tale full of suspense, riveting action, high stakes concerns for science and society, and heart.Read The Murder Plague and see what the next genetic engineering accident might cause, and what it might take to stop it.

When her ex-girlfriend Kay is murdered and everyone in her old commune is a suspect, Dora, while investigating, discovers Kay's death is one of several terrible incidents and is drawn into a twisted conspiracy while trying to stop a potential war between two nefarious companies.

Other Minds is a collection of two bold new novellas from Chinese Singaporean speculative fiction author, Eliane Boey.

Earth gone...Five thousand years into the future. Chamorro space pirates formerly cybernetic soldiers travel the stars. Buy it now!

It is the beginning of the 22. century, and Western Civilization has long since gotten over the devastation of WW3.Peter, a University student, inherits great wealth by his father, despite him still being alive. He is in hiding, never expected to emerge again.The inheritance has been kept by his father's friends, and they invite him to have a party with them in Canada before they give it to him. He soon learns why his father is hiding.