Ghosts in the Machine (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Independently Published, 2025
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Librería: CitiRetail, Stevenage, Reino UnidoCitiRetail
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Paperback. Feel that flicker?That ghost of a memory, just at the edge of your mind. A scent of rain on a summer afternoon you can't quite place. The echo of a forgotten joy that leaves a metallic taste in your mouth. We all have these ghosts. We try to bury them, to edit them, to pay for the illusion of a clean slate.But what happens when the ghosts refuse to stay buried?Now, step into the perpetual twilight of Neo-Alexandria. High in the pristine Spire, the elite purchase curated happiness, trading their traumas for blissful, empty peace. Far below, in the data-smog and bioluminescent rain of the Palimpsest, Kaelen Rostova makes a living from their leftovers. She is a Memory Scavenger, an artist of the discarded, sifting through broken mnemonic drives to find echoes of truth. Kaelen is a patchwork of holes and scars, haunted by a single, perfect memory of her father-a memory she knows is a lie.Imagine feeling that lie, a warm and perfect anchor in the chaos of your mind, the only thing holding you together. And then imagine discovering it is not an anchor, but a key.Because something is stirring in the city's data stream. Not a virus, but an elegy. A digital phantom born from the collective grief of a million erased sorrows. They call it the Ghostware. It doesn't delete. It rewrites. It hunts the empty spaces in people's minds-the 'receptive voids' left by corporate memory wipes-and fills them with violent, beautiful memories that are not their own. It is causing psychosis, neural bleeds. and it is spreading.You will feel the chill as Silas Vance, ChronoCorp's chief enforcer, steps out of the rain. He is the cold, calculating architect of Kaelen's ruin, the man who personally blacklisted her. And he is her only hope. He doesn't come to buy or to threaten. He comes because Kaelen's theories, once branded heresy, have become a terrifying reality. He comes because the Ghostware is not just code. It's grieving. And Kaelen is the expert on ghosts.This is not just a story you will read. It is a world you will inhabit. You will trace the intricate latticework of a city's soul, from the halls of a corporation that sells forgetting to the heart of a living Archive built from pain. You will find yourself questioning everything as Kaelen and Silas forge a reluctant alliance, forced to confront a monster that wears the face of Kaelen's own father.Ghosts in the Machine is a breathtaking journey into the very architecture of the human heart. It is a story about the scars that define us and the unbearable beauty of imperfect truths. As you turn the final page, you will be left with one haunting question: What is a soul without its scars?Find out now. Your journey into the machine awaits. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9798265849694
- Título
- Ghosts in the Machine (Paperback)
- Autor
- Erik Gieske
- Editorial
- Independently Published
- Año de publicación
- 2025
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798265849694
Feel that flicker?
That ghost of a memory, just at the edge of your mind. A scent of rain on a summer afternoon you can’t quite place. The echo of a forgotten joy that leaves a metallic taste in your mouth. We all have these ghosts. We try to bury them, to edit them, to pay for the illusion of a clean slate.
But what happens when the ghosts refuse to stay buried?
Now, step into the perpetual twilight of Neo-Alexandria. High in the pristine Spire, the elite purchase curated happiness, trading their traumas for blissful, empty peace. Far below, in the data-smog and bioluminescent rain of the Palimpsest, Kaelen Rostova makes a living from their leftovers. She is a Memory Scavenger, an artist of the discarded, sifting through broken mnemonic drives to find echoes of truth. Kaelen is a patchwork of holes and scars, haunted by a single, perfect memory of her father—a memory she knows is a lie.
Imagine feeling that lie, a warm and perfect anchor in the chaos of your mind, the only thing holding you together. And then imagine discovering it is not an anchor, but a key.
Because something is stirring in the city’s data stream. Not a virus, but an elegy. A digital phantom born from the collective grief of a million erased sorrows. They call it the Ghostware. It doesn’t delete. It rewrites. It hunts the empty spaces in people's minds—the ‘receptive voids’ left by corporate memory wipes—and fills them with violent, beautiful memories that are not their own. It is causing psychosis, neural bleeds… and it is spreading.
You will feel the chill as Silas Vance, ChronoCorp’s chief enforcer, steps out of the rain. He is the cold, calculating architect of Kaelen’s ruin, the man who personally blacklisted her. And he is her only hope. He doesn’t come to buy or to threaten. He comes because Kaelen’s theories, once branded heresy, have become a terrifying reality. He comes because the Ghostware is not just code. It’s grieving. And Kaelen is the expert on ghosts.
This is not just a story you will read. It is a world you will inhabit. You will trace the intricate latticework of a city’s soul, from the halls of a corporation that sells forgetting to the heart of a living Archive built from pain. You will find yourself questioning everything as Kaelen and Silas forge a reluctant alliance, forced to confront a monster that wears the face of Kaelen’s own father.
Ghosts in the Machine is a breathtaking journey into the very architecture of the human heart. It is a story about the scars that define us and the unbearable beauty of imperfect truths. As you turn the final page, you will be left with one haunting question:
What is a soul without its scars?
Find out now. Your journey into the machine awaits.
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