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- Digital Fortress
Dan Brownstandalone novel1998
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Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in 1998 by St. Martin's Press. The book explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens, and the possible civil liberties and ethical implications of using such technology.
- The Fear Index
Robert Harrisstandalone novel2011
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A computer designed for stock trading becomes sentient.
- The Fourth Realm
series3 books2005
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The Fourth Realm Trilogy refers to the trilogy of books written by pseudonymous author John Twelve Hawks and published between 2004 and 2009. The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books.
- The Eyes of Heisenberg
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1966
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Tens of thousands of years in the future, Earth is ruled by the Optimen, a genetically engineered aristocracy that has made itself functionally immortal, while ordinary people, the Folk, live under strict reproductive control. When Harvey and Lizbeth Durant arrive to have their embryo genetically screened, the examining doctor finds something in the child no one has seen in a very long time: real potential for both fertility and life span, traits the Optimen have arrogated to themselves. Rather than destroy the embryo as policy demands, the doctor hesitates, setting off a chain of surveillance, suspicion and resistance. A tightly wound Frank Herbert thriller about genetic caste and rebellion.
- Demon Headmaster
series9 books1982
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The Demon Headmaster is a series of books by Gillian Cross which were later adapted as a television series starring Terrence Hardiman in the title role and Frances Amey as Dinah.
- The Blue Ant Trilogy
series3 books2003
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Hubertus Bigend is a fictional character appearing in the third trilogy of novels of science fiction and literary author William Gibson. Bigend is the antihero of Gibson's Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007) and Zero History (2010). In an interview Gibson says "I've always had a sense of Bigend as someone who presents himself as though he knows what's going on, but who in fact doesn't. It's just my sense of the subtext of the character: he's bullshitting himself, at the same time as he's bullshitting all of us."
- Little Brother
series7 books2008
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Cory Doctorow's Little Brother follows Marcus, a San Francisco teenager who builds a covert mesh network, the Xnet, to organize resistance after the Department of Homeland Security uses a terrorist attack as pretext for mass surveillance and civil-rights violations. Homeland continues Marcus's fight years later, and Attack Surface completes the trilogy; a companion story, 'Lawful Interception,' and other short pieces extend the same near-future world. Throughout, the series doubles as a working explanation of the surveillance and cryptography tools its characters use.
- Spark
John Twelve Hawksstandalone novel2014
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Spark is John Twelve Hawks's fourth novel, published in 2014 in the United States and Great Britain. It is a stand-alone novel that does not use the characters or setting of Hawks's Fourth Realm Trilogy. Film rights for the book were sold to DreamWorks.
- Strangled Silence
Oisin McGannstandalone novel2008
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Another brilliant story from the bestselling Oisin McGann, author of the critically acclaimed Small-Minded Giants and Ancient Appetites.When pretty, talented and very ambitious Amina Mir manages to land a newspaper work experience placement she thinks it might just be making coffee and following-up tame stories. But then, when by chance she's sent to interview Ivor MacMorris, a veteran of the war in Sinnostan who's just won millions on the lottery, but bizarrely hasn't spent a penny, things start to get interesting . . . and dangerous. Ivor thinks he's been made to forget what happened in Sinnostan. He believes false memories of how and why he lost an eye have been planted in his brain and that he's being followed by threatening faceless people. At first Amina thinks Ivor's suffering from some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder, but soon Ivor, conspiracy theorist Chi Sandwith and events persuade Amina that she could have stumbled into one of the biggest and most terrifying cover-ups ever.
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
David Shaferstandalone novel2014
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a 2014 debut novel by David Shafer.
- The Cobweb
Neal Stephenson & J. Frederick Georgestandalone novel1996
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The Cobweb is a 1996 novel written by Neal Stephenson with J. Frederick George, a pseudonym for Stephenson's uncle, historian George Jewsbury. It was originally published under the collective pseudonym "Stephen Bury", as was their earlier novel Interface (1994).
- Laurent Michaelmas
series3 books1975
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Algis Budrys' Michaelmas is a science-fiction novel about Laurent Michaelmas, a globally trusted television newsman who secretly steers world events from behind the scenes with the help of Domino, an artificial intelligence only he controls. Budrys frames Michaelmas as a hidden protector keeping a fragile near-future world from chaos, blurring the line between reporting the news and making it. It stands as a single novel, not part of a longer series.
- Tom Broadbent / Wyman Ford
series6 books2003
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Douglas Jerome Preston is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child, he has also written six solo novels, including the Wyman Ford series and a novel titled Jennie, which was made into a movie by Disney called The Jennie Project. Preston has authored a half-dozen nonfiction books on science and exploration and writes occasionally for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and other magazines.
- Feeders
Matt Serafinistandalone novel2025
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● "When a video depicting the brutal murder of a former classmate leaks online, Kylie Bennington's curiosity gets the better of her, leading to the discovery of an off-the-grid social media app called MonoLife. There are cryptic rules in the user agreement that must be adhered to, such as interacting with other users at least twice daily or risk losing it all...and never, ever speaking of MonoLife's existence to non-users or risk dire consequences in darkly satirical supernatural thriller that follows a would-be influencer whose dreams of online fame spiral into nightmare territory." ― paraphrased from this book's product page on Amazon.com as 2025-10-09.
- WWW Trilogy
series3 books2009
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The WWW Trilogy is a trilogy of science-fiction novels by Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer. The first book, Wake, was originally serialized in four parts in Analog Science Fiction and Fact from November 2008 to March 2009, published in book form through Ace on April 7, 2009, and was followed by the second book, Watch, on April 6, 2010. Wonder was published in 2011.
- Nexus 5
series3 books2012
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Nexus opens Ramez Naam's postcyberpunk trilogy in 2040 with scientist Kaden Lane, who works on Nexus, an experimental nano-drug that lets human minds be networked and reprogrammed, and finds himself caught between government and corporate interests once the technology's implications become clear. The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology. Nexus tied for Best Novel at the 2014 Prometheus Awards and Apex won the 2015 Philip K. Dick Award.
