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Unstable Release
The future is bleak as Magenta hides herself in the back streets and subcultures of the city. She regrets the day she ever met the flamboyant Claudio Rubini. The enigmatic Italian promised her a dream job. Working on a new government computer system that would change everything. Quickly she discovers Rubini has nothing to offer but lies and deception. A discovery that comes tragically too late. Any hope of resuming her old life is gone as she is forced into hiding. Her mind, and sense of self, changed beyond recognition. And then the game changes again. Magenta's old friend and teacher, Hans Polzer, an expert in computing antiquities travels to Amsterdam. There he presents his discovery: The long lost works of computer programmer and political radical George Doran. The committee fails to authenticate the discovery. But Hans and his work attracts the interest of the corporate strong man Kaufman who believes Doran is still alive. Now Hans is the key that Kaufman needs to find Doran. Magenta must risk what little she has left to help Hans find and warn Doran of the danger. With Kaufman and Rubini working in league they are determined to get what Doran has kept secret for so many years. Everything is at stake. If Doran is taken out, so too will be the last defence again Kaufman's acquisition of an all corrupting power over a society weakened to his cruel will.
412 pages, Paperback
First published August 11, 2012
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