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The Future of Sex: Books 1-12
In a future that’s lost its soul, a prodigy rises.
In the year 2060, an omnipresent network has made humanity into something new. Thought has been hijacked. Emotion has been co-opted. Sensation has been ramped up to eleven, and “what feels good” is all anyone needs.
The monolithic O Corporation is the most powerful entity in what remains of the world, having manipulated society’s values for decades in the name of profit. O’s leader Alexa Mathis is genius, ruthless, obsessed with the idea of finding a digital savior nobody else believes in — and swings power even the rulers don’t know she has.
Enter Chloe Shaw: too young, too inexperienced, and too naive for the task before her. In name, Chloe is an escort — the highest of the high in a world where sex is queen. But to those who’ve been searching, Chloe seems to be much more. Someone with strange abilities no one can explain. Someone, it seems, who’s able to control the next-gen AI network on the horizon — an omniscient and nearly omnipotent entity known as The Beam.
Is Chloe who Alexa thinks she is? As society reaches its tipping point, she must try to stake a claim for our future … before our future is decided by The Beam.
Sex sells, yes. But it’s never sold quite like this — with the soul of humanity as its ultimate price.
The Future of Sex is a 12-episode serial that takes place in Platt and Truant’s award-winning world of The Beam.
In the year 2060, an omnipresent network has made humanity into something new. Thought has been hijacked. Emotion has been co-opted. Sensation has been ramped up to eleven, and “what feels good” is all anyone needs.
The monolithic O Corporation is the most powerful entity in what remains of the world, having manipulated society’s values for decades in the name of profit. O’s leader Alexa Mathis is genius, ruthless, obsessed with the idea of finding a digital savior nobody else believes in — and swings power even the rulers don’t know she has.
Enter Chloe Shaw: too young, too inexperienced, and too naive for the task before her. In name, Chloe is an escort — the highest of the high in a world where sex is queen. But to those who’ve been searching, Chloe seems to be much more. Someone with strange abilities no one can explain. Someone, it seems, who’s able to control the next-gen AI network on the horizon — an omniscient and nearly omnipotent entity known as The Beam.
Is Chloe who Alexa thinks she is? As society reaches its tipping point, she must try to stake a claim for our future … before our future is decided by The Beam.
Sex sells, yes. But it’s never sold quite like this — with the soul of humanity as its ultimate price.
The Future of Sex is a 12-episode serial that takes place in Platt and Truant’s award-winning world of The Beam.
755 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 20, 2019
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Johnny B. Truant
193 books692 followersJohnny B. Truant is an author, blogger, and podcaster who, like the Ramones, was long denied induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame despite having a large cult following. He makes his online home at JohnnyBTruant.com and is the author of the Unicorn Western series, the Fat Vampire series, The Bialy Pimps, and a handful of other properties and growing every week.
You can connect with Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyBTruant, and you should totally send him an email from JohnnyBTruant.com if the mood strikes you.
You can connect with Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyBTruant, and you should totally send him an email from JohnnyBTruant.com if the mood strikes you.
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December 6, 2020
I loved this/these books I liked the back story of some of the characters that I got to meet in ‘The Beam’ series.
Reading these is not necessary in order to understand ‘The Beam’ stories so don’t worry if these don’t tickle your fancy.
These stories are set in the time of the beams infancy, so before the main series starts.
They are well written short stories with believable characters set in a future that I want to be real, the tech side at least and the stigma free sex of course.
An enjoyable read with no gratuitous descriptions of sex (not that I’m against that, I write erotica myself) and depth of emotion that may not be expected when you first look at the book.
I don’t think that you will be disappointed with this book.
Reading these is not necessary in order to understand ‘The Beam’ stories so don’t worry if these don’t tickle your fancy.
These stories are set in the time of the beams infancy, so before the main series starts.
They are well written short stories with believable characters set in a future that I want to be real, the tech side at least and the stigma free sex of course.
An enjoyable read with no gratuitous descriptions of sex (not that I’m against that, I write erotica myself) and depth of emotion that may not be expected when you first look at the book.
I don’t think that you will be disappointed with this book.
June 2, 2025
The plot and story make this worth the read. There’s elements of the Virgin Mary and The Matrix. The book did give me pause a number of times to chew on certain ideas around the biggest questions this book left me with: How much augmented reality is too much, and what will we become when physical human connection is the exception instead of the norm?
I reduced 2 stars because of 1) the number of errors the editor hasn’t caught and 2) the ways the author chose to address under age sex actually gave me a hint of the ick. My assumption is the author was a bit over-paranoid on the topic, but I always trust my gut and my gut says “icky”.
I reduced 2 stars because of 1) the number of errors the editor hasn’t caught and 2) the ways the author chose to address under age sex actually gave me a hint of the ick. My assumption is the author was a bit over-paranoid on the topic, but I always trust my gut and my gut says “icky”.
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