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Troubleshooting: Glitch in the System: Book One
“A gripping, lyrical, and ambitious dystopian novel.” Kirkus Reviews
“dePackh’s Troubleshooting is harrowing, yet beautiful, a science-fiction dystopia that articulates the often tragic conditions of our present. Her character ‘Scope’ Archer is complex and endlessly intriguing.
“A stunning literary debut.”
—Tom Sweterlitsch, author of The Gone World and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The authoritarian dregs of collapsing society require absolute compliance. Noncompliance to the corporations is deadly.
One neuroqueer teenager, betrayed by the juvenile justice system, fights a desperate struggle to survive. Against all odds, the rebellious sex worker retains her humanity with the support of another prisoner.
Unsure whom to trust, she discovers her lawless, firearms-loving friend is part of a criminal enterprise that holds the key to her escape.
On the run, with nowhere to hide, she’s hunted into a life of secrets and conspiracies concealing a shattering human experiment.
“a rare work of beauty, originality, and celebration of non-compliance” David T. Mitchell, The Biopolitics of Disability
These visionary characters fight to survive in a post-apocalyptic world that steals people’s freedoms.
This powerful cyberpunk dystopian thriller shows how the indomitable human spirit can rise in resistance to oppressive regimes.
See Selene dePackh’s searing cyberpunk novel through the eyes of her fiercely female genderqueer narrator, and learn what it is to be autistic in the new world order.
“…a character of immense depth and originality. The explorations of ableism and sexuality in a claustrophobic cyberpunk setting make this unlike anything most readers will have encountered before.” Kirkus Reviews
“dePackh's neuroqueer narrator, Scope Archer, joins Mishell Baker's Millie Roper ( Borderline ) and Erica Satifka's Em Kalberg ( Still Crazy ) in the new generation of disabled heroines—neither supercrips nor villains nor objects of charity—who take on the system with snark, resourcefulness, and anomalous minds."— Josh Lukin, author of "Science Fiction, Affect, and Crip Self-Invention—Or, How Philip K. Dick Made Me Disabled."
“navigates the terrain of a near-future America, ravaged by civil war and environmental devastation… the novel delivers a satisfying emotional and intellectual heft—just when this country most needs a wake-up call. — Paula Martinac, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Out of Time and The Ada Decades
“dePackh’s Troubleshooting is harrowing, yet beautiful, a science-fiction dystopia that articulates the often tragic conditions of our present. Her character ‘Scope’ Archer is complex and endlessly intriguing.
“A stunning literary debut.”
—Tom Sweterlitsch, author of The Gone World and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The authoritarian dregs of collapsing society require absolute compliance. Noncompliance to the corporations is deadly.
One neuroqueer teenager, betrayed by the juvenile justice system, fights a desperate struggle to survive. Against all odds, the rebellious sex worker retains her humanity with the support of another prisoner.
Unsure whom to trust, she discovers her lawless, firearms-loving friend is part of a criminal enterprise that holds the key to her escape.
On the run, with nowhere to hide, she’s hunted into a life of secrets and conspiracies concealing a shattering human experiment.
“a rare work of beauty, originality, and celebration of non-compliance” David T. Mitchell, The Biopolitics of Disability
These visionary characters fight to survive in a post-apocalyptic world that steals people’s freedoms.
This powerful cyberpunk dystopian thriller shows how the indomitable human spirit can rise in resistance to oppressive regimes.
See Selene dePackh’s searing cyberpunk novel through the eyes of her fiercely female genderqueer narrator, and learn what it is to be autistic in the new world order.
“…a character of immense depth and originality. The explorations of ableism and sexuality in a claustrophobic cyberpunk setting make this unlike anything most readers will have encountered before.” Kirkus Reviews
“dePackh's neuroqueer narrator, Scope Archer, joins Mishell Baker's Millie Roper ( Borderline ) and Erica Satifka's Em Kalberg ( Still Crazy ) in the new generation of disabled heroines—neither supercrips nor villains nor objects of charity—who take on the system with snark, resourcefulness, and anomalous minds."— Josh Lukin, author of "Science Fiction, Affect, and Crip Self-Invention—Or, How Philip K. Dick Made Me Disabled."
“navigates the terrain of a near-future America, ravaged by civil war and environmental devastation… the novel delivers a satisfying emotional and intellectual heft—just when this country most needs a wake-up call. — Paula Martinac, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Out of Time and The Ada Decades
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Published January 18, 2018
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April 4, 2018
Brutal. Unflinching. Sexy. Troubleshooting is a dense and thrilling tale of our grim near-future as seen through the unswerving eyes of Scope Archer, a high-functioning* autistic heroine. Scope endures abuse, humiliation, and exploitation -- yet rises up, guns blazing, to obliterate the predatory scumbags who try to keep her down. Her delightfully genderqueer romantic escapades are as intense as they are heartfelt, and her adaptability and endurance aid her through some profoundly precarious circumstances. I found myself repeatedly rooting for this "broken" heroine and then telling myself to cut it the fuck out with labeling her "broken." *Because, let's be honest, this "high-functioning autistic" functions just fine in situations that would break me. Read it.
March 19, 2021
The prose, the dialog, so rich and dense, honest and painful. The love scenes are AMAZING. This book paints a dystopian world you can taste and hear and feel as we stand on the very edge of, perhaps better described as a Trumpian world.... Be careful, once you start this book, you have to keep going or you will miss something very special.
December 26, 2018
This was a pretty cool spin on the cyberpunk formula, presenting a different societal alienation from the kinds such stories usually explore. It doesn't skimp on action for the sake of character -- this is right up there with your average Shadowrun game when it comes to action -- but the characters and narrative voice are what really set Troubleshooting apart.
April 17, 2023
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April 27, 2023
Sorry, I just couldn't get into this one. The writing confused me a lot and I just ended up skipping sections.
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