First Among Equals: a near future dystopian tech thriller

It's twenty-six years since Eric Thorne tried to suppress the invention of a neural implant capable of digitising the human consciousness, and all his worst fears have come true. What used to be the western world is now governed by big business - and the only people thriving are the rich. But while the polycorporate elite manoeuvre for dead men's shoes that'll never become vacant again, others, some intentionally, some just in the wrong place at the wrong time begin to fight back; and as disgraced agent, Gabriel Sousa of Interpol, tries to figure out who released the digital neurovirus that killed a corporate exec, two carefully orchestrated plans to topple corpocracy collide as they unfold. First among Equals is the much anticipated sequel to Ghost in the Machine, and second book of The Sum of our Parts - a series of books that follow humanity from a broadly recognisable (if worrying) present into a foreseeable future where inherent human characteristics and an ever-increasing pandora's box of technology lead to serious moral questions and inevitable conflict. If you're a fan of original cyberpunk, tech noir or technothriller science fiction, and love the books of William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams, Philip K Dick and Rudy Rucker or their modern variations by authors like Blake Crouch, Neal Asher and Daniel Suarez - this tense, action-packed novel is a perfect read for you! Praise for Ghost in the Machine: Technothriller / Tech Noir / Cyberpunk ... Fabulous >Couldn't put it down!!! >What a cracking good read >A great read, looking forward to book two This is the first book of this genre I have picked up, honestly wasn't sure if it would be my thing. However, the author has created a world of words that totally enthrals, superbly descriptive, with distinct characters and plenty of plot twists and turns that keep you guessing right up to the last page. Can't wait for book two to be published.