Effacement – Hieronymus Hawkes 


 

A future where offline privacy is illegal. A lethal plot permanently deleting people in power. One determined genius caught in an assassin’s sights.

2037. Dr. Cole Westbay is proud of having helped eliminate crime. Groomed to take over the company that makes the surveillance chip everyone is required by law to have, he’s alarmed by a series of suspicious deaths the hardware caused. And after launching an investigation, the brilliant scientist panics when he awakes with his mandatory neural link ripped out and his recently recorded memories erased…

Arrested for the federal crime of failing to have his life fully documented, Cole struggles to get back online and clear his name. And as his paranoia grows while the bodies continue to pile up, he fears government enforcers, friends, and even his fiancée may be in on the scheme to set him up for a deadly fall.

Can the embattled scientist crack the conspiracy before his enemies hit CTRL+ALT+DEL on his life?

Effacement is a gripping standalone science fiction technothriller. If you like gifted but flawed heroes, deep-state intrigue, and relentless villains, then you’ll love Hieronymus Hawkes’s dystopian vision.

Buy Effacement for a hard reboot today!

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Subgenres: Adventure, Crime & Mystery, Dystopian, Hard SF, Techno Thriller

Date first published:  January 29, 2021

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Author Information

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HieronymusHawk4

Website: https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/

Biography: It only took Hieronymus Hawkes forty-five years to figure out what he wanted to be when he grew up—a novelist. He flew jets for the USAF and the USAF Reserve for more than thirty years and holds a degree in Economics from the US Air Force Academy, and in June of 2015 he finished an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. Hawkes has flown a jet more than 6 miles above the Earth, broken the sound barrier, achieved expert marksman, won poker tournaments, and owns several guitars that he can't play. His genre of choice is science fiction, but also dabbles in mystery, thriller, epic fantasy, and paranormal. When not writing, you might find him listening to music or surfing the web, reading, or drawing in pencil and pastel chalk. Now he instructs young pilots in the art of flying, writes fiction and poetry, and sings badly in his car.

Other information

Cover artist name: Sergey Koshelev

Cover artist website: https://www.shutterstock.com/g/evilrogue

Editor/Formatter’s name: Lauren Donovan

Editor/Formatter’s website: https://www.bookfoundryediting.com/