Böcker av Kerry Nietz

ThreadBare is a debugger. He's property, one of the Imam's vast pool of implanted servants. He lives in a smelly, greasy garage on the boundary of the battlefield known as Delusion. All he wants is to complete his tasks, exceed his rival BullHammer, and stay alive. Possibly get a promotion. When an atypical chore brings Thread into contact with Sandfly and HardCandy, things get complicated. Day by day and task by task he struggles with the life he's always known. Ideas plague him, brutality vexes him, and women distract him. Then there's the list of offline debuggers, those who've quietly disappeared. Through datamixes-dreamlike records of their lives-Thread tries to uncover the truth. Where did they go? What does it all mean? And what can one forgotten debugger do about it anyway?

First, vampires in space. And now...zombies. Really? Jebediah and the others are trying to get over the horrors they faced in deep space, and now this. It's been five years, and the Amish colony on Miller's Resolve has finally gotten settled. Jeb and Sarah have a son. Elder Samuel is happy not being in charge. Darly has a private practice. And Greels is out of jail at last. But when a mysterious ship from space arrives on Resolve, it unleashes a horde of undead that might spell the end of the survivors and their dreams of peace. Will the specters of the past save them, or seal their fate?

Software developer turned story-teller, Kerry Nietz brings artificial wonders to life. Digital Dreams and Other Distractions is essential Nietz-nine tantalizing tales of synthetic futures, unfolding across a background of stars. In this surreal landscape, dying legends haunt sheltered keeps, young boys reconstruct ancient giants, astronauts push the boundaries of the solar system, and metal nightmares reign over faraway rocks. Alluring and compelling, Digital Dreams is a multifaceted blend of mystery, imagination, and devotion-as thrilling as interstellar exploration and as dangerous as another day at the office.

I am the mask. The mask is me. America has fallen. Remnants of states cling together. The Pacific Northwest is now PacNorth. Democracy has gone off the rails. Citizens still vote, but only to vote away anything--or anyone--they don't like. Long-term wisdom loses to short-term pleasure. And the Collectors come in the night. Radial is a Collector. The instrument of the will of the people. You get voted away...Radial makes you disappear. The system works, and he is its servant. The rule of the people is the highest form of human government. He is a believer. Until he is asked to collect someone who should never, ever be voted away.

My name is Sedrick. I'm a man-size, space-faring rhat. I'm also executive officer for an interstellar cargo ship-the Granum. My captain and I are in a wee bit of trouble. We've been summoned by the Emperor's auditors. Now, That doesn't sound ominous. But, believe me, it is. These aren't your typical bean-counters. These guys will extract a nose or a tail if you mess up. And we messed up. It was a simple job. Deliver a hold packed with cheese and spirits to a backwater planet in the Orion spur. Things didn't go as planned. They never do on a ship full of buffoons and malcontents. Chief among my problems were those two scientists Dontel and Uzel. Their spectacular bungle landed us on Earth, an even more backwater world than the one we were headed for. No starships, no flight-not even a lightbulb! I did my executive level best-threatening, bargaining, and stunning to get the job done. To get the hold filled. The Granum was safe and secure. Nestled within a forest in northeastern France. I made connections with the locals. I had a plan! Then the soldiers arrived. All sorts of soldiers. It was an absolute mess. A scheduling nightmare! How was I to gauge the long-term effects? The galactic repercussions? And now our lives and livelihoods are at stake again. The best I can hope for? This memory machine the auditors have me connected to will cook my brain.

Jebediah tiene un secreto que cambiara su mundo para siempre y enviara a su pueblo al espacio.El mundo Amish de Alabaster invoca una antigua promesa de escapar de la destruccion. Por consiguiente, terminan en una nave de carga con destino a las estrellas.Pero no son la unica carga a bordo. Parte de ella esta viva... o solia serlo.