• ISBN13: 9781958598481
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Dark Matter Ink
• Publisher Imprint: Dark Matter Ink
• Publication Date: June 24, 2025
• Pages: 286
• Original Price: USD 17.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 300 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Science Fiction / Cyberpunk

In the wake of a devastating global pandemic, sixty-million people take refuge in fortified bunkers across the Quarantine Zone. While their physical bodies lie frozen in cryostasis, their virtual avatars populate a sprawling cyber-colony known as the Hive; but this "New Reality" is no utopia. Rival gangs wage war on the streets. Religious zealots manipulate the masses. A corrupt ruling class pulls the strings behind the scenes. Veteran cop Luke Duncan-Epsilon sends money to the daughter he left back in Reality Prime. His name is well-known throughout the Gaming Sector where he spends his nights trying to win enough to reunite his family once and for all. That is until a wanted cyberterrorist who calls herself "the Prophet" infiltrates the Hive, forcing him to confront the dark secrets of his past-and the uncertain future of humanity.

Bueckert, Kirk: - Kirk Bueckert is a poet and playwright living on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. His work has been published by Dark Matter Magazine, Coffin Bell, Tyche Books, Timber Ghost Press, and the League of Canadian Poets (LCP).