By day he works on web and social media for a large technology company. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon. His first experiences with net culture occurred when he wired seven phone lines into the back of his Apple //e, creating an online chat system. He grew up a digital native in the early days of bulletin board systems. William Hertling was born in Brooklyn, New York. He’s been influenced by writers such as William Gibson, Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, and Walter Jon Williams. His books have been called “frighteningly plausible”, “tremendous”, “must read”. Apocalypse, and the upcoming The Last Firewall. William Hertling is the author of Avogadro Corp: The Singularity is Closer than it Appears, A.I. Apocalypse is currently available in paperback and for the Kindle from Amazon and for other ereaders at Kobo and Smashwords and as an audio book from Audible.
It’s also available in audio book from Audible.Ī.I. SHAWN CHESSER, author Trudge and Soldier OnĪvogadro Corp is currently available in paperback from Amazon, as well as ebook format from Amazon (Kindle) and Smashwords (Apple, Sony, Barnes and Noble and others). Leon and his companions must race against time and the military to find a way to either befriend or eliminate the Phage and restore the world’s computer infrastructure. Some may be friendly to humans, but others are not. The virus continues to change, developing intelligence, communication, and an entire civilization of A.I. Billions may die.īut evolution never stops. Everything from cars to payment systems and, of course, computers and smart phones stop functioning, and with them go essential functions including emergency services, transportation, and the food supply. The virus Leon creates, based on biological principles, is a little too successful, infecting all the world’s computers.
Leon Tsarev is a student set on getting into a great college, until his uncle, a member of the Russian mob, coerces him into developing a new computer virus for the mob’s botnet – the slave army of computers they use to commit digital crimes.
“I found myself reading with a sense of awe, and read it way too late into the night.”
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