Conundra, the second book in the Panopticon series, has just launched and it seemed appropriate to produce my first goodreads blog post to go alongside it.

Conundra was a pleasure to write. Why?

My first book (Utopia Five) covered a lot of topics I work on in my day job in technology, including machine learning and surveillance tech. Conundra focuses more on people and their dreams. The novel was inspired by some of the concepts behind role-playing games and also the fantastic, and more mainstream, popularity of escape rooms.

Is escapism a healthy interest? In a dangerous new world could humanity still afford to have fun? I'd say yes but my protagonist Lee has plenty of reason to be more dubious...