“A great science fiction detective story.” - Ian Watson, author of "The Universal Machine"
"Cutting edge speculative fiction." - Ernest Hogan, author of "Cortez on Jupiter"
“Sharply erudite, with the vicious tang of cordite” – Paul Morris, author of "Time Traveller Danny and the Codebreaker"
--- Don't miss the free soundtrack album. Stream or download it at https://luckanddeathsoundtrack.wordpress.com/ ---
Third edition! Scroll down to see what's new.
Security specialist Gat Burroughs died once and he'll be damned if he lets it happen again. Unfortunately, somebody is determined to kill his client, a washed-up star named Max Prince, and isn't afraid to go through Gat to do it.
Is it Max's debauched granddaughter and heir? Is it the deadly Suerte y Muerte, a cult that kills to steal good luck? Is it Max's own lawyer and manager, James Jerome?
And how on earth did the would-be assassin get past Max Prince's top-grade AI, the one that's adopted the likeness of computer pioneer Alan Turing?
Gat will have to follow the clues through L.A.'s underworld, the slums of Mexico City, and his own guilty past to find the surprising answer.
What's new in the third edition? The story is the same, of course, but there's all-new bonus material, some within the book and even more at the new Luck and Death home page (www.LuckAndDeath.com).
In the book
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the factual background to the story, including:
the 1920s celebrity home that served as the model for Max’s mansion at Cloud City
current work in robotics behind the Dogware, including nanorobotics, swarm robotics, and the military application of robots
the scary reality behind the emerging infectious diseases that cause sudden quarantines in 23rd century Los Angeles
the real science that may one day permit the uploading of a human consciousness into an artificial body
the historic computer genius behind the fictional AI in Luck and Death, and
the lowdown on why meditation is catching on with many atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and science-minded folks.
On the Home Page:
The Luck and Death home page (www.LuckAndDeath.com) is an ongoing project that includes more of the real life science behind the fiction, links and embedded videos, a PDF library, and more.
Visit now to find three different video trailers and the free soundtrack album.
Don't Miss the Other Fallen World Books
Felon and the Judas Kiss (Book 2, a novelette) -- available now!
Los Angeles Honey (Book 3, a novelette) - coming in spring 2013!
Description:
“A great science fiction detective story.”
- Ian Watson, author of "The Universal Machine"
"Cutting edge speculative fiction."
- Ernest Hogan, author of "Cortez on Jupiter"
“Sharply erudite, with the vicious tang of cordite”
– Paul Morris, author of "Time Traveller Danny and the Codebreaker"
--- Don't miss the free soundtrack album. Stream or download it at https://luckanddeathsoundtrack.wordpress.com/ ---
Third edition! Scroll down to see what's new.
Security specialist Gat Burroughs died once and he'll be damned if he lets it happen again. Unfortunately, somebody is determined to kill his client, a washed-up star named Max Prince, and isn't afraid to go through Gat to do it.
Is it Max's debauched granddaughter and heir? Is it the deadly Suerte y Muerte, a cult that kills to steal good luck? Is it Max's own lawyer and manager, James Jerome?
And how on earth did the would-be assassin get past Max Prince's top-grade AI, the one that's adopted the likeness of computer pioneer Alan Turing?
Gat will have to follow the clues through L.A.'s underworld, the slums of Mexico City, and his own guilty past to find the surprising answer.
What's new in the third edition? The story is the same, of course, but there's all-new bonus material, some within the book and even more at the new Luck and Death home page (www.LuckAndDeath.com).
In the book
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the factual background to the story, including:
the 1920s celebrity home that served as the model for Max’s mansion at Cloud City
current work in robotics behind the Dogware, including nanorobotics, swarm robotics, and the military application of robots
the scary reality behind the emerging infectious diseases that cause sudden quarantines in 23rd century Los Angeles
the real science that may one day permit the uploading of a human consciousness into an artificial body
the historic computer genius behind the fictional AI in Luck and Death, and
the lowdown on why meditation is catching on with many atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and science-minded folks.
On the Home Page:
The Luck and Death home page (www.LuckAndDeath.com) is an ongoing project that includes more of the real life science behind the fiction, links and embedded videos, a PDF library, and more.
Visit now to find three different video trailers and the free soundtrack album.
Don't Miss the Other Fallen World Books
Felon and the Judas Kiss (Book 2, a novelette) -- available now!
Los Angeles Honey (Book 3, a novelette) - coming in spring 2013!