The Shepherd Protocol – Fowler Brown 


 

Melody Clay is a synth, an artificial intelligence housed in a roughly human-shaped body of alloy and plastic. Hope and desperation have driven her to Boston in 2068. A software failsafe known as the Decay is killing the synths, and Melody’s missing mother—one of her creators—might have the answer.

All she can rely on are her wits, a human with hidden goals of his own, and a head full of her mother’s memories. Each glimpse of the past brings her closer to the shameful secrets that may unlock the future, at the cost of accelerating her own decline. But human society is alien and hostile, and as Melody struggles to stay one step ahead of both an oppressive police force and a criminal ring that wants to scrap her for parts, she begins to uncover a hidden player whose schemes may have dire consequences for humans and synths alike.

SPSFC Year 2021

Subgenres: Artificial Intelligence

Date first published:  December 21, 2020

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/FowlerBrown47

Website: https://www.fowlerbrown.com/

Biography: Fowler Brown grew up in Arizona, where the scorching heat quickly taught him the virtues of indoor activities like reading. His career as a novelist began at a young age, with hand-illustrated “books” that featured lots of scribbly fantasy battles and very little in the way of characters, plot, or correctly spelled words. In a way, everything that’s come since has been an attempt to improve on those early abominations. These days, Fowler and his wife live in Massachusetts, where actual, real-life snow falls from the sky! When he’s not writing, he can usually be found reading, slaying digital monsters, or designing and running tabletop adventures to test the mettle of his friends.

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Cover artist name: Christopher Doll

Cover artist website: https://christopher-doll.com/

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