Machine Code: Engines of Dusk Book 1

by David Stroup

On a distant planet where scientists are working to reconstruct the Cretaceous ecosystem, a journalist stumbles across a bizarre murder. In a vast orbital habitat, a young artificial intelligence questions her future and struggles with ghosts of her past. And across known space among the alien Makers, an unlikely duo chases a kidnapped Human consul. As forces conspire to shift interplanetary alliances behind the scenes, the fate of two civilizations will depend on whether this handful of scattered individuals will be able to put the pieces together — but first they will have to survive.

221 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2018

About the author

Author David Stroup has had what he hopes a hypothetical future biographer will refer to as a ‘checkered career.’ Growing up in Hawaii, he earned a BS in Physics at UH Manoa while juggling odd jobs including freelance cartooning. David spent two decades kicking around the back alleys of journalism, doing time at Hawaii Public Radio, news radio stations large and small, and newspapers including the Honolulu Advertiser and Oregon City News. He is currently married and raising two kids on the suburban fringe of Portland, Oregon, where he writes, draws webcomics, and works as a copywriter in the construction industry.