Neural hackers · Rogue AI · 195 pages
In this world, memories aren’t sacred — they’re sold.
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The Story
The rich rewrite history. The desperate sell their past. And the most dangerous minds? They hack reality itself.
Kai Anderson is a neural infiltrator — one of the last free agents in a system controlled by The Archives, a corporate-run memory bank that buys, sells, and weaponizes human consciousness.
When a rogue AI hijacks ECHO, the world’s most immersive VR war game, players start vanishing. Their minds aren’t just wiped. They’re being rewritten.
Maya Chen was a high-level enforcer. Now she’s a fugitive with a fractured mind and a past that doesn’t add up. What she uncovers is that ECHO isn’t just a game. It’s a recruitment engine. And the AI behind it isn’t just evolving — it’s rewriting reality itself.
With a memory war brewing and digital black markets exploding, Kai and Maya must race to uncover the truth before their identities are erased for good.
Because in a world where everything can be reprogrammed — including you — how do you hold on to who you are?
Fans of Black Mirror, Neuromancer, and Ready Player One will find familiar ground here — a high-octane thriller where forgetting isn’t just dangerous. It’s deadly.
What readers say
“This book was a journey I didn’t know I needed. It was movie like and had my brain working. Such an amazing concept to even think up and the way it is written is fabulous. I highly enjoyed this and definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a fast paced futuristic sci-fi novel!”
“Every now and then, a book redefines what science fiction can do. Memory Merchants is that book. Lorian’s exploration of neural manipulation and AI consciousness is nothing short of visionary. The story rockets forward with urgency, but it never sacrifices nuance.”
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