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Death Ray
A compulsive cyber thriller set in the world of 2094
“It’s tech. Sometimes it goes wrong. That’s what fire extinguishers are for.”
Siblings Lee and Nemo Sands and a revolutionary exodenizen, ExRay, are living on board ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’, a nuclear powered icebreaker in the North Sea. Their robot version of Panopticon agent Ray Creek is based on the detailed diaries the man had kept since childhood. Lee remains in disguise and, to get Nemo back, has joined the technocult of the Graeae.
When ExRay escapes and murders a beloved Panopticon figure, Lee and Nemo are forced to follow him to the melting wastes of the Arctic to stop him from killing again.
“The only series I've read that touches on every topic I care Artificial Intelligence, surveillance, climate change, individual vs state, space, programming, infosec” - Marco Abis
Death Ray is a page-turning science fiction thriller set in a high-surveillance future. It is both a standalone action novel and the seventh in the Panopticon series.
Praise for the Panopticon “I loved this book” - James Cox, reviewer Amazon”an unexpectedly deep and conceptual sci-fi techno thriller. Take all the moral quandaries of modern technology and give them a mix with ecological disaster and you've got yourself a good idea of the future this book is set in” - OldBird, Amazon“Thought-provoking on the world today and future - couldn’t put it down!” - J Collins, Amazon”The author writes some compelling characters and reveals a near future which asks what happens if some of the things we see today get turned up to 11” - Neville White, Amazon“Full of innovative and thought-provoking ideas. Story was engaging and fast-paced” Jon, Amazon“all too believable picture of one possible (probable?) future” - NIck B, Amazon“a page-turning thriller, and shot through with mordant humour” - PJ Barber, Amazon“Great fast paced story backed with a lot of detail and a huge amount of thought about how the world might develop!” - Mark Mitchell, Amazon“Kept me hooked throughout” - Amazon Customer“Nice to read such an original book. I couldn’t put it down” - SgravenHage, Amazon US“A thought provoking and intelligently written sci-fi novel that I couldn’t put down” Nikki, Amazon“A fun read, compelling world, great premise” O, Amazon
“It’s tech. Sometimes it goes wrong. That’s what fire extinguishers are for.”
Siblings Lee and Nemo Sands and a revolutionary exodenizen, ExRay, are living on board ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’, a nuclear powered icebreaker in the North Sea. Their robot version of Panopticon agent Ray Creek is based on the detailed diaries the man had kept since childhood. Lee remains in disguise and, to get Nemo back, has joined the technocult of the Graeae.
When ExRay escapes and murders a beloved Panopticon figure, Lee and Nemo are forced to follow him to the melting wastes of the Arctic to stop him from killing again.
“The only series I've read that touches on every topic I care Artificial Intelligence, surveillance, climate change, individual vs state, space, programming, infosec” - Marco Abis
Death Ray is a page-turning science fiction thriller set in a high-surveillance future. It is both a standalone action novel and the seventh in the Panopticon series.
Praise for the Panopticon “I loved this book” - James Cox, reviewer Amazon”an unexpectedly deep and conceptual sci-fi techno thriller. Take all the moral quandaries of modern technology and give them a mix with ecological disaster and you've got yourself a good idea of the future this book is set in” - OldBird, Amazon“Thought-provoking on the world today and future - couldn’t put it down!” - J Collins, Amazon”The author writes some compelling characters and reveals a near future which asks what happens if some of the things we see today get turned up to 11” - Neville White, Amazon“Full of innovative and thought-provoking ideas. Story was engaging and fast-paced” Jon, Amazon“all too believable picture of one possible (probable?) future” - NIck B, Amazon“a page-turning thriller, and shot through with mordant humour” - PJ Barber, Amazon“Great fast paced story backed with a lot of detail and a huge amount of thought about how the world might develop!” - Mark Mitchell, Amazon“Kept me hooked throughout” - Amazon Customer“Nice to read such an original book. I couldn’t put it down” - SgravenHage, Amazon US“A thought provoking and intelligently written sci-fi novel that I couldn’t put down” Nikki, Amazon“A fun read, compelling world, great premise” O, Amazon
269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 20, 2022
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About the author
A.E. Currie
8 books22 followersAnne Currie has been an SF and Fantasy fan since she first saw Star Wars in 1977. She loves classic SF authors like Asimov, Van Vogt, Dick, Vonnegut, Heinlein, Herbert and, even, Doc Smith (his social views have dated, the others less so).
She studied Physics and interned on the Large Electron Positron collider at Cern in the 90's when the internet was first being invented. Since then, she has worked on all kinds of tech and startups.
These days she divides her time between London and North Essex and writes Science Fiction that really isn't that speculative.
She studied Physics and interned on the Large Electron Positron collider at Cern in the 90's when the internet was first being invented. Since then, she has worked on all kinds of tech and startups.
These days she divides her time between London and North Essex and writes Science Fiction that really isn't that speculative.
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July 13, 2025
Excellent book - continues the series entertainingly
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