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Cortex #3
The Genesis Engine
A fallen U.S. government. A city verging on collapse. Can a lone cop stop an insane crime lord from destroying the home she’s vowed to protect?
2059. NYPD cop Alice Yu trusts no one. And with newfound fame making her a reluctant figurehead, there’s no way she’s telling anybody that her reprinted body is failing and she’s dying. But when she hosts a city-saving truce between gang bosses and the police, a bloody confrontation leads to an enraged standoff.
With negotiations stalled, Yu partners with a secretive UN special agent to track down the power-hungry monster intent on destroying the decaying metropolis. But as the fiend remains elusive and a growing AI threat endangers the entire planet, she must push herself harder than ever before to save the city before her own clock hits zero…
Has Yu got enough life left to prevent a shadowy enemy from bringing New York to its knees?
The Genesis Engine is the thrilling third book in the jaw-dropping Cortex science fiction trilogy.
2059. NYPD cop Alice Yu trusts no one. And with newfound fame making her a reluctant figurehead, there’s no way she’s telling anybody that her reprinted body is failing and she’s dying. But when she hosts a city-saving truce between gang bosses and the police, a bloody confrontation leads to an enraged standoff.
With negotiations stalled, Yu partners with a secretive UN special agent to track down the power-hungry monster intent on destroying the decaying metropolis. But as the fiend remains elusive and a growing AI threat endangers the entire planet, she must push herself harder than ever before to save the city before her own clock hits zero…
Has Yu got enough life left to prevent a shadowy enemy from bringing New York to its knees?
The Genesis Engine is the thrilling third book in the jaw-dropping Cortex science fiction trilogy.
- GenresScience Fiction
330 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 17, 2021
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About the author
Jim Keen
4 books11 followersI write books about the people who fascinate me in worlds that amaze me. What is humanity’s future post AI? What happens when automation consumes the workforce? What will colonies look like on the Moon, Mars, and Europa? What if X happens?
I love crime, thrillers, and stories about people with secrets. If there’s not a big twist along the way, I’d never write the first word.
My own story has had its own share of curves and surprises. I’ve been writing about intelligent machines, spaceships and desperate heroes since my childhood, but that happened while I pursued a twenty-year career as an architect. After working and winning awards in London, Sydney, and New York, I left that profession behind to become a full-time author.
The international bestselling Alice Yu series takes place forty years from now, in a world transformed by mechanical intelligences—AI’s big brother. Yu is a loner cop atoning for past sins. Through the series she discovers what it is to be human, while becoming something much more in the process. If you like the steely future noir of William Gibson, James S. A. Corey, and Martha Wells, you’ll love these sci-fi thrillers.
Alongside the Alice Yu trilogy, I’ve written four free novellas, plus drawn hundreds of illustrations and designs from the future. You can get all of those for free at https://jimkeen.com.
I hope you like the Alice Yu series, its inhabitants and settings. I love hearing from readers, so drop me an email anytime at jim@jimkeen.com and let’s chat.
I love crime, thrillers, and stories about people with secrets. If there’s not a big twist along the way, I’d never write the first word.
My own story has had its own share of curves and surprises. I’ve been writing about intelligent machines, spaceships and desperate heroes since my childhood, but that happened while I pursued a twenty-year career as an architect. After working and winning awards in London, Sydney, and New York, I left that profession behind to become a full-time author.
The international bestselling Alice Yu series takes place forty years from now, in a world transformed by mechanical intelligences—AI’s big brother. Yu is a loner cop atoning for past sins. Through the series she discovers what it is to be human, while becoming something much more in the process. If you like the steely future noir of William Gibson, James S. A. Corey, and Martha Wells, you’ll love these sci-fi thrillers.
Alongside the Alice Yu trilogy, I’ve written four free novellas, plus drawn hundreds of illustrations and designs from the future. You can get all of those for free at https://jimkeen.com.
I hope you like the Alice Yu series, its inhabitants and settings. I love hearing from readers, so drop me an email anytime at jim@jimkeen.com and let’s chat.
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September 17, 2021
The Genesis Engine continues an epic saga that blends cyberpunk and general scifi elements to create a very accessible book to anyone who enjoys speculative fiction. Although I read the first one, I found the book fairly standalone in the sense that it built on the original story but a newcomer wouldnt feel loss. The descriptions are really good and you get an idea of how fragile civilization is, and how far some will go to fill in the gaps in the power structure.
October 13, 2021
Just great writing
At times I felt it was a little esoteric for me. However I really enjoyed the trilogy. The author is gifted. Worth your time if you enjoy any kind of science fiction.
At times I felt it was a little esoteric for me. However I really enjoyed the trilogy. The author is gifted. Worth your time if you enjoy any kind of science fiction.
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