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The Bridge Chronicles Trilogy (The Bridge Chronicles #1-3)

by Gary Ballard (Goodreads Author)

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This collection is available as an eBook only, a fantastic collection of Books 1 -3 of the critically-acclaimed cyberpunk series, The Bridge Chronicles, starring Artemis Bridge, the amoral fixer of the future. It contains the full text of Under the Amoral Bridge, The Know Circuit and if [tribe] =, as well as two short stories.

Under the Amoral Bridge

Artemis Bridge is the kn...more This collection is available as an eBook only, a fantastic collection of Books 1 -3 of the critically-acclaimed cyberpunk series, The Bridge Chronicles, starring Artemis Bridge, the amoral fixer of the future. It contains the full text of Under the Amoral Bridge, The Know Circuit and if [tribe] =, as well as two short stories.

Under the Amoral Bridge

Artemis Bridge is the know-who, go-to guy, the amoral fixer in 2028 Los Angeles with the connection for any illicit desire no matter how depraved. You need it, he can get it without questions or judgment. He prides himself on staying detached from the depravity, untouched by the filth, untouchable by the law. When a young hacker is assassinated before his eyes, he is burdened with a scandalous video of the mayor on the eve of the city's most important election of the century. With digital assassins and murderous thugs dogging his every step, he has only days before the corrupt mayor is re-elected, handing the Chronosoft Corporation complete control of the city. Unable to sell the video, he is forced further into a complex conspiracy. This taut futuristic thriller is the debut novel by Gary A. Ballard, a rising new talent in the cyberpunk genre.

"...well written and a joy to read, Ballard paints imaginative scenarios and environments"

"Ballard does a complete and thorough job of world building."

The Know Circuit

Artemis Bridge can get you what you need no matter how immoral or illegal, no questions asked. With practiced detachment, he keeps everyone around him at arm's length. But when the city of Boulder is trapped in a mysterious dome, he must set aside his detachment to help his bodyguard Aristotle's search for his missing grandmother. Every step he takes towards the dome deepens the mystery, as he is compelled to seek out the source of the strange happenings. Flaming dragons, cars transformed into robotic golems, a corporate- military quarantine and disturbing visions drive Bridge to a life-altering conclusion.

if [tribe] =

Leader of the Los Angeles street gang Los Magos is assassinated by the rival El Diablos. As members of the Five Families, war between the two gangs could ignite the whole city, prompting a response from the Chronosoft Law Enforcement Division (CLED) that could destroy all the Families. Artemis Bridge, the amoral fixer with the quick wit vows to stay out of the war despite his friendship with ex-footballer turned gangland revolutionary Stonewall, new leader of Los Magos. Bridge is reluctantly pulled into the middle of the worst civil unrest since the 2027 Riots, where he discovers the war is more than a little tribal bloodletting between rivals. This fast-paced, action-packed cyberpunk thriller is the third in the critically acclaimed Bridge Chronicles series, sequel to Under the Amoral Bridge and The Know Circuit.(less)

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Nov 03, 2011 Vanessa theJeepDiva rated it 4 of 5 stars

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The Bridge Chronicles is insanely different from anything I typically read. This is 100% sci-fi that takes place in a vastly different future with a technologically advanced cyber world known as the GlobalNet. People enter the NetRooms using a NetBody. The world is a bleak America where there has been a complete failure of the government and now a localized governing system that is owned by money hungry corporations has filled in the gaps and their making the laws, collecting the taxes and polic...more The Bridge Chronicles is insanely different from anything I typically read. This is 100% sci-fi that takes place in a vastly different future with a technologically advanced cyber world known as the GlobalNet. People enter the NetRooms using a NetBody. The world is a bleak America where there has been a complete failure of the government and now a localized governing system that is owned by money hungry corporations has filled in the gaps and their making the laws, collecting the taxes and policing the streets. Readers are given a world that takes place both in a real world and a cyber-world.

Artemis Bridge is not a man you like nor one you would call friend. He is however a man you want to know and have his services available to you if you were to need something that is not easily or legally acquired. You see Bridge knows a man, actually he knows lots of mans. He is your bridge to that individual. He doesn’t ask questions nor does he want any details on his customers wants. He just collects a fee and bridges the gap. I loved this anti-hero. His scruples are all out of whack. He helps people get what they want, he keeps his coffers filled, he keeps his a vast know network, all while on occasion helping someone, but never for the good of others, always for himself first. Thus Bridge assisting someone is a byproduct of him looking out for only himself. I loved this about the main character.

The secondary characters are just as interesting. Readers are given a political science studying footballer who can no longer play the sport turned muscle for hire, turned ganger, turned gang leader, along with a highly intelligent philosophical body guard, the god of all GlobalNet hackers and technomancers which are in essence scientists with a highly secretive technology that allows them to manipulate everything and just simply label it as magic.

I liked the author’s commentary. In between the books and the short stories he explains how Bridge came to be a character, how the book grew from serial blog posts to books and the book of all the books. He also goes into some detail about just how detrimentally bad a governing body owned by corporations would be. Sometimes when I read a book I find myself thinking about what was the author thinking. Ballard has taken the time and put some of his thoughts into this book. I really enjoyed that feature of The Bridge Chronicles.

As a whole book, The Bridge Chronicles is great. The reader gets three novellas: Under the Amoral Bridge, The Know Circuit, and if [tribe] = and two short stories The Feed Autonomy, and Elegant Solutions to Complex Hostility. All of this is bundled into one book that includes the author’s personal thoughts. The three books total to 552 pages, with the added short stories and authors thoughts this is easily a 600 page book.
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Dec 30, 2011 Ted rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This was an awesome cyberpunk trilogy. The characters, world and plot are all well written, and the technology is very cool. And of course it wouldn't be true cyberpunk without the dark future and greedy, evil corporations running things.

Book 1: 5/5 stars.
Great introduction to the world and characters.

Book 2: 4/5 stars.
The technomancers are introduced, which I wasn't sure about at first in this book, but they're very cool in the third book.

Book 3: 5/5 stars.
Many twists and turns in this one. Lot...more

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About Gary Ballard

I began writing things down at the age of eleven, and I haven't stopped since. I have written far too many things that have gone unpublished, from very terrible horror novels in my teens, to comics during my time at Belhaven College until finally settling on cyberpunk science fiction after graduation. I have released three novels in a cyberpunk series called The Bridge Chronicles. The Bridge Chron...more

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