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The Hacker: A Cyberpunk Thriller Short Story
Kristi Helgusson trusts code not people. In the shadows of Oslo and London, the gifted young student and part-time hacker pays her university fees ghosting through firewalls and erasing digital footprints for corporate clients. But London’s neon pull leads her straight into the grip of Jerry Hall, the ruthless fixer for Eddie Fowler’s East End crime syndicate.
Forced to become their invisible cybercrime weapon, Kristi is trapped in a downward spiral toward a life of crime. She decides to escape the mob's clutches and use their own data against them and bring it all crashing down. With her explosive weapon downloaded she goes on the run. But no one walks away from the mob that easily.
When her escape plan implodes, Kristi becomes their most wanted. Hunted through rain-slick streets, tracked by corrupted networks, and betrayed at every turn, she must outthink the criminals using the only battlefield she truly the digital world.
The Hacker is a razor-sharp cyber-thriller revealing the origins of Kristi Helguson, the heroine of the Daniel Sawyer series of thriller novels. The Hacker is a pulsating, fast-paced short story where freedom has a price and Kristi is about to learn its true cost.
The Daniel Sawyer series of thrillers are available in paperback or eBook formats. The accompanying short story series, including The Hacker, Pinned Down and the upcoming The Viking, tell the enthralling often death defying backstories of the main series characters.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HACKER IS A SHORT STORY NOT A FULL SIZED NOVEL
Forced to become their invisible cybercrime weapon, Kristi is trapped in a downward spiral toward a life of crime. She decides to escape the mob's clutches and use their own data against them and bring it all crashing down. With her explosive weapon downloaded she goes on the run. But no one walks away from the mob that easily.
When her escape plan implodes, Kristi becomes their most wanted. Hunted through rain-slick streets, tracked by corrupted networks, and betrayed at every turn, she must outthink the criminals using the only battlefield she truly the digital world.
The Hacker is a razor-sharp cyber-thriller revealing the origins of Kristi Helguson, the heroine of the Daniel Sawyer series of thriller novels. The Hacker is a pulsating, fast-paced short story where freedom has a price and Kristi is about to learn its true cost.
The Daniel Sawyer series of thrillers are available in paperback or eBook formats. The accompanying short story series, including The Hacker, Pinned Down and the upcoming The Viking, tell the enthralling often death defying backstories of the main series characters.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HACKER IS A SHORT STORY NOT A FULL SIZED NOVEL
48 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 12, 2025
About the author
Simon Eyre
5 books3 followersBorn in Sheffield, England, and now living with his wife on the Suffolk coast, Simon Eyre is a writer of high-octane thrillers for adult readers who crave a hefty helping of action, twists and excitement. He is the author of two novels and several novellas and short stories. They include:
Getting Away With It, The Deadly Embrace, Pinned Down and The Hacker and the forthcoming The Money Trail.
Simon decided to self-publish his debut novel Getting Away With It. “Writing novels has been something I’ve dreamt of doing, ever since my English teacher took me and a group of classmates to see Macbeth at a local theatre in Ecclesfield.”
The book was a surprising success, which spurred him on to write a follow-up, The Deadly Embrace, where the hero Daniel Sawyer faces further harrowing challenges. In Simon’s stories, mystery, and mayhem are constant attributes, and the forthcoming The Money Trail is no exception.
Before retiring as a digital healthcare company director, Simon travelled the world on business. These days he continues to journey around the continents in search of inspiration for his writing. He reflects his adventures throughout his work, creating a vivid sense of place, transporting his readers to the exotic locations of his own explorations.
Getting Away With It, The Deadly Embrace, Pinned Down and The Hacker and the forthcoming The Money Trail.
Simon decided to self-publish his debut novel Getting Away With It. “Writing novels has been something I’ve dreamt of doing, ever since my English teacher took me and a group of classmates to see Macbeth at a local theatre in Ecclesfield.”
The book was a surprising success, which spurred him on to write a follow-up, The Deadly Embrace, where the hero Daniel Sawyer faces further harrowing challenges. In Simon’s stories, mystery, and mayhem are constant attributes, and the forthcoming The Money Trail is no exception.
Before retiring as a digital healthcare company director, Simon travelled the world on business. These days he continues to journey around the continents in search of inspiration for his writing. He reflects his adventures throughout his work, creating a vivid sense of place, transporting his readers to the exotic locations of his own explorations.
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