Soft Robots: A.I. Dystopian Thriller

by Scott Nicholson

“One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” – Blake Crouch, The Wayward Pines Trilogy MIM*X Soft Robots After bloody civil unrest, environmental disaster, and the Third World War, benevolent corporations have replaced governments and delivered peace, prosperity, and equality to a grateful human race. Max Carmichael is an agent in the Cryptics Bureau, whose duty is to protect the corporations that govern the world. But when he’s given a secret mission to find a mysterious woman linked to acts of sabotage, he discovers she was part of a MIM*X experiment that links human brains to artificial intelligence. Evan Lord, the enigmatic and powerful CEO of the MIM*X corporation, wants to shape society into a harmonious blend of humans and robots using neural implants. Carmichael soon realizes his involvement is no accident, and he’s forced to choose between duty and humanity as rogue outliers plot to take down MIM*X. And the woman he is ordered to destroy causes him to question not only his own existence, but that of the entire global society as well. --------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Nicholson is the author of more than 30 thrillers, including the AFTER and NEXT post-apocalyptic series, The Harvest, and The Red Church. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. His website is AuthorScottNicholson.com. "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry "Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath

370 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 16, 2018

About the author

With more than 800,000 books sold worldwide, Scott Nicholson is an international bestselling thriller writer. He won the Writers of the Future Award in 1999 and was a Stoker Award finalist in 2003. His Fear series was published by Amazon's Thomas & Mercer imprint and 47North released the supernatural thriller McFALL.

He's also published a number of supernatural, paranormal, and fantasy books and stories, including the AFTER, NEXT, and ARIZE post-apocalyptic series, as well as children's books, comics, and screenplays. His 2006 novel The Home is in development as a feature film.

Reviews

[Jolene Ko · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Give a care, have a share”

Well crafted story line, well laid out plot, progressive character development makes for a great sci fi. Although some descriptions was difficult to visualise - I can’t quite picture those air skiis.

Laura Bell - her name is synonymous to that of a typical “movie star” name but her character seems to be highly intelligent and a perfect all rounder. Max Carmichael, the hero in this story is typical of your “federal bureau” cookie cutter type personality and has a sense of humour that readers can warm up to.

I do look forward to the next book.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stuff!

This is very entertaining! I will classify this as a sci-fi, techno thriller! It's a comfortable read, and I thought the story paced itself with the action and plot description. This author, Scott Nicholson, hasn't let me down yet.

[Mrs L Cox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soft Robots

Brilliant and well thought out the characters were convincing and I wasn't sure how it would work out until the last few pages. Gripping

[Scott Nicholson]

I wrote it so I like it.