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Brian Hill is an IT geek turned sci-fi and cosmic horror author.
His most popular book, Unconstrained, begins by asking the question: what could possibly make the US government nuke its own citizens (it's AI, of course, but not in the way you think).
His biggest series, Parata Occult Mysteries, is his answer to what would happen if you took a huge Native American PI, jammed him into the orbit of New Orleans in the 80's, and had him fall headfirst into Cthulhu.
His next book, coming next year, is set in the same universe as Unconstrained, just 250 years in the future. It follows an apocalyptologist, a scoundrel, and a barbarian as they traverse a very strange, yet hauntingly familiar world. ...more

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	Unconstrained 4.34 avg rating — 784 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Artifact (Parata Occult Mysteries, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 345 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Betrayed (Parata Occult Mysteries #2) 4.46 avg rating — 111 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desolation 3.38 avg rating — 127 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Commune (Parata Occult Mysteries #3) 4.69 avg rating — 71 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disturbed (Parata Occult Mysteries #4) 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brian Hill liked Trevor Dennis's review of Unconstrained: "An easy five stars. A premise with promise (did I really just type that? :-( ) that developed into one of the best SciFi books I have read in a very long time the real world science and computer network jargon is convincing but not dry. The character" Read more of this review »
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“The problem was, humanity wasn’t perfectly aligned in its own goals, so our ability to align with a truly alien intelligence seemed unlikely.”
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