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EMERGENCE by Elie Ra

Science Fiction

EMERGENCE

“An imaginative… future techno-thriller.”

Kirkus Reviews

“Digital enhancements rule the world in this chilling distant-future SF…great for fans of Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon and William Gibson’s Neuromancer.”

BookLife

About the Book

In Phoenix, 2101, Detective Nate Wartman is supposed to solve a string of corporate murders at Arc Systems, the world’s most powerful VR company. Instead, he and his hacker partner Jane uncover something far worse: evidence that human consciousness can be copied, controlled, and erased.

As rival tech giant Mee collapses into scandal and a global investigation spirals out of control, Nate learns that every lead has been manipulated by forces far above the law. Whistleblowers vanish. Digital ghosts speak. Reality starts to feel like a staged memory.

To expose the truth, Nate must decide what he is willing to lose — his badge, his identity, maybe even his own mind.

In a city ruled by corporations and surveillance, death is no longer the end. It is just another product.

Praises for Emergence

“In Ra's SF novel, a police officer and an engineer get caught up in a deadly competition between two tech mega-corporations.... Ra's detailed rendering of the tech world of the future over the course of this novel is colorful and entertaining and, notably, less bleak than many readers might expect.... An imaginative... future techno-thriller.”

Kirkus Reviews

“The premise of Emergence is captivating: even death becomes a product... [the] rhythm is pleasant without being fast-paced, with a good balance between prose and dialogue.”

Reedsy Discovery

“Emergence: The Singularity Sequence has everything I expected in a top-quality technothriller murder mystery – sophisticated crimes, cutting-edge technology, quirky characters, nail-biting action, and sparkling humor.”

Readers Favorite

Takeaway: Digital enhancements rule the world in this chilling distant-future SF.

Great for fans of: Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon, William Gibson’s Neuromancer.

“When Detective Nate Wartman is assigned to a high-profile investigation involving multiple engineers being murdered at leading VR company ARC systems, he quickly discovers there’s more to the case than meets the eye. ARC has their hands in secret projects that hint at digital immortality, and they’re accusing the recent startup Mee Corp of stealing their tech. The deeper Nate and his partner Jane dig, the more it becomes apparent that ARC higher-ups will go to great lengths to see their advancements come to fruition—even to the point of murder, hijacking their employees’ consciousness, and digital slavery.”

BookLife

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