Overview

Meet your new coworker. She's brilliant. She's beautiful. She's unreal. Everyone loves Alison, the new remote employee at a major energy company. She's a rising star in the virtual workspace, displaying incredible intelligence and efficiency with digital technology. But Linda, her manager, has growing suspicions that Alison is not the person she claims to be. As Linda probes Alison's background, Alison fights back through cyber-attacks, ravaging Linda's work, her family and her safety. Linda must uncover the truth to save herself and discovers Alison's past history is a lie – in fact, she has none. Is it possible Alison isn't human at all? AUTHOR: Brian Pinkerton tells stories to frighten, amuse and intrigue. He is the author of novels and short stories in the thriller, horror, science fiction and mystery genres. His books include Abducted (a USA Today bestseller), Vengeance, Anatomy of Evil, Killer's Diary, Rough Cut, Bender, Killing the Boss and How I Started the Apocalypse (a trilogy). Select titles have also been released as audio books and in foreign languages. His short stories have appeared in PULP!, Chicago Blues, Zombie Zoology and The Horror Zine.

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""Fans of stories centered on the conflict between the virtual and the real will find plenty to enjoy."" -- Publishers Weekly ""Quite simply, one of the best thriller guys you can find. No nonsense, no bloat, just thrill."" -- Mort Castle, author of Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury ""Brian Pinkerton is among the strongest new voices in suspense fiction to surface in a decade."" -- Robert W. Walker, acclaimed author of the RANSOM, EDGE and INSTINCT series

""A fast-paced, near-future, AI–horror nightmare that will chill readers to the core."" -- Becky Spratford ""Fans of stories centered on the conflict between the virtual and the real will find plenty to enjoy."" -- Publishers Weekly ""Quite simply, one of the best thriller guys you can find. No nonsense, no bloat, just thrill."" -- Mort Castle, author of Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury ""Brian Pinkerton is among the strongest new voices in suspense fiction to surface in a decade."" -- Robert W. Walker, acclaimed author of the RANSOM, EDGE and INSTINCT series

"""Fans of stories centered on the conflict between the virtual and the real will find plenty to enjoy."" -- Publishers Weekly ""Quite simply, one of the best thriller guys you can find. No nonsense, no bloat, just thrill."" -- Mort Castle, author of Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury ""Brian Pinkerton is among the strongest new voices in suspense fiction to surface in a decade."" -- Robert W. Walker, acclaimed author of the RANSOM, EDGE and INSTINCT series"

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Brian Pinkerton tells stories to frighten, amuse and intrigue. He is the author of novels and short stories in the thriller, horror, science fiction and mystery genres. His books include The Gemini Experiment, Abducted (a USA Today bestseller), Vengeance, Anatomy of Evil, Killer's Diary, Rough Cut, Bender, Killing the Boss and How I Started the Apocalypse (a trilogy). Select titles have also been released as audio books and in foreign languages. His short stories have appeared in PULP!, Chicago Blues, Zombie Zoology and The Horror Zine. Brian has been a guest author and panelist at the San Diego Comic Con, American Library Association annual conference, World Horror Convention and many other literary and genre events. His screenplays have finished in the top 100 of Project Greenlight and top two percent of the Nicholl Fellowship of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Three of the scripts have been compiled in a collection, Unreleased. Brian received his B.A. from the University of Iowa, where he took undergraduate classes of the Iowa Writers Workshop. He received his Master's Degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Brian lives in the Chicago area and invites you to visit him on Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter and at www.brianpinkerton.com.

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