"And Morning Followed" is a hard science fiction thriller set in the near future, an exploration of the impact of emerging technologies on humanity, the story of the genesis of an AI-dominated age of nanotech. The events portrayed may already have happened. This first of two novels is 70,000 words, and ends with a cliff-hanger.
In "And Morning Followed", when Stephanie Morning, a highly respected computer security expert, disappears with experimental nanotechnology from Bionaxe Systems, local police detective Callum Flannherty and international cyberspy Sam Ames lead the chase; Bionaxe CEO Allista Sterling and Dr. Jethro Smythe are forced into action to protect their invention, and head to the Panamanian space elevator to release a nano-antidote, one they control. (Bionaxe.com)
Toronto police detective Callum Flannherty and his sidekick partner Johnny "J" Norris are in hot pursuit of the thief. Cal receives a call from Spaniard Sam Ames on the trail of a potential "level 5" bioincident. Sam is a dark agent in a secret organization, assigned the task of mitigating global catastrophe. Through his online hacker IDs spyke and Felix, Sam discovers that his old flame Stephanie Morning is at the heart of this one, and sets off in pursuit, spurred by passion rather than duty.
Events converge at the new Panamanian space elevator. Smythe and Morning, who is now infected with sentient nanotech, wage a nanoscale war within the very molecules of the tower's substrate, while Sam attempts to protect Stephanie from assassination. The secret organization he worked for will stop at nothing to prevent the level 5 incident, and yet in the end they fail, and the nanotech is released.
| Writer Biography • Carolyn L Burke |
This is my first novel. In 1995, I published two short stories, and began writing what was later recognized as the world's first online diary, receiving several awards, culminating with my photo on the cover of US News & World Report. Much of what I've written comes from personal experience. I am a certified security expert (CISSP, CISM), hold a masters in philosophy, and am successful entrepreneur. My experience in hi-tech marketing and communications for clients including Microsoft and the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence might also be an asset.
Author of Carolyn's Diary - world's first online diary (http://diary.carolyn.org)
Subject of cover photo US News & World Report for '24 Hours in Cyberspace' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_diary)
"TimeBugs" (http://www.intertext.com/magazine/v4n1/timebugs.html)
"Imagine a row..." (http://www.etext.org/Zines/ASCII/Angst/angst002.txt)
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Thank you for your time and consideration. My full manuscript is available on request in digital and hardcopy.
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Carolyn L Burke
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