Residual Echoes

The future of memory is a perfect lie.For five years, former neuro-tech fellow Maeve Lin has been consumed by a tragic car crash that killed her fiancé, Liam. Her only relief comes from SomniCorp's Morpheus band, which synthesizes her dreams.When Maeve wakes to a flawless video stream of a high-profile murder, the timestamp matches the crime. The mirrored room is impossible-pulled straight from Liam's college sketches. And the face staring back from the killer's reflection belongs to Liam.A flawless digital ghost. A perfect frame.Arrested for a murder she didn't commit, Maeve is forced into the custody of Julian Thorne, Liam's former best friend and SomniCorp's arrogant lead architect. Julian has scraped the final firing synapses from Liam's dying brain, building a functional, digital soul. He has engineered the perfect frame job, committing murders while wearing Liam's consciousness as a mask.Now, a ghost is walking the streets of Seattle, and he is coming to drag Maeve back into the labyrinth. To survive, Maeve must dive into the pitch-black heart of the SomniCorp grid and find the flaw in Julian's creation before the residual echo deletes her forever.

Pages: 74, Paperback, Kevin Chong