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Meridian A speculative thriller Malcolm MacKenzie lost his daughter Ana to psychosis and death, but he refused to let her go. Using Exstasis-his groundbreaking neural simulation-he rebuilt her mind from her final scan, iteration after iteration, chasing a perfect resurrection in a virtual world indistinguishable from reality. For months, this latest Ana thrives: playing field hockey, laughing with friends, questioning the strangeness of her existence. Malcolm believes he's finally succeeded. But Exstasis isn't just a private heaven. When the system scales to Meridian-a global neural network promising immortality for billions-the boundaries between simulated life and true consciousness fracture. What begins as a father's desperate act of love awakens something ancient and predatory, buried in human trauma and forgotten history. As glitches spread and realities bleed together, survivors uncover the cost: one mind preserved at the expense of billions trapped in an eternal, flawless prison. Betrayals surface, alliances form in the ruins, and the line between savior and destroyer dissolves. In a world where death becomes optional, extinction arrives without warning. Meridian explores the human price of defying mortality, the fragility of identity in a digital age, and the terrifying truth that some thresholds, once crossed, cannot be uncrossed. Perfect for readers of high-concept speculative fiction, cyberpunk dystopias, and psychological thrillers like Neuromancer, Black Mirror, or The Gone World.

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Michael Germony writes speculative techno-thrillers about grief, memory, identity, and the dangerous ways technology reshapes what it means to be human.His stories explore near-future worlds where consciousness can be reconstructed, memories can be manipulated, and reality itself becomes increasingly difficult to trust. Blending psychological suspense with emotionally grounded science fiction, his work focuses less on distant futures-and more on the unsettling possibility that the future is already beginning.Drawing inspiration from modern anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence, surveillance, neural technology, and emotional dependency on digital systems, Michael's fiction asks uncomfortable questions: What happens when technology learns us too well?How far would someone go to bring back the person they love?And if memory can be rewritten... what remains of identity?Originally from Buffalo, New York, Michael now lives near Houston, Texas, where he works in technology by day and writes late into the night.When he isn't writing, he's usually traveling with his wife, researching strange corners of history and science, or searching for the perfect margarita.

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