The App

by MCM

Raj is going to escape his humdrum life by making the perfect iPhone app. But with his home life falling apart and his work life in ruins, the unexpected evolution of his pet project may turn out to be less perfect than he'd hoped... and it may help him out of his life entirely.

How long until you can figure out who's behind the murders?

The App was written during the month of August 2009, with new chapters posted daily and readers following the story in real-time.

Genres: Science Fiction

138 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2009

About the author

MCM is the author of books like "The Vector", "The App", "Fission Chips" and the livewritten novels "Typhoon", "The New Real", and "Arkady and Kain". He also wrote and illustrated the anti-DRM fable “The Pig and the Box”, which has been translated into 18 languages and read over one million times by people across the globe. In his spare time, he creates TV series like "RollBots", playing all over the world RIGHT NOW. He lives in Ottawa and Victoria, Canada, because timezones are awesome!

Reviews

[s0nicfreak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once I started reading The App, I couldn’t stop. The story centers around a very realistically written and relatable guy named Raj. Raj decides to make an app, and when the code begins to get changed and the people around him start dying, Raj is left trying to figure out exactly what is going on while fearing he will be charged with murder or killed himself. This story got into my subconcious and actually caused me to have dreams about some of the things in it happening to me (that I didn’t realize until later were based on this book), which I think shows it is an amazing book.

Don’t let the fact that this is about a programmer scare you away. The book manages to be understandable to even people that have only ever head of an app, while still being entertaining to people that have programmed. I think fans of both the sci-fi and thriller genres will enjoy The App.

[Suzanne (Doppleganger) · Rating 4 out of 5]

What stands out about The App isn't so much the story itself, but the format of the book. I thought I was being pretty clever downloading The App onto my phone, but turns out that's exactly the medium for which this book was intended. The bite sized chapters are perfect for reading in short bursts on the phone and since it is about a killer iphone app, reading it on the phone adds to the experience.