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A Slave to Memory: A Cyberpunk Thriller
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A Slave to Memory: A Cyberpunk Thriller

Intro with Deep Dive Podcast overview (warning includes some spoilers).

Please Note:
The podcast is meant as a fun intro for A Slave to Memory, it doesn’t get every detail 100% right (Farook and Murph were never friends) but a lot of the thematic analysis is spot on. So if you find that intriguing give it a read you might find a world worth exploring.

If you’re curious, it was created with Google’s NotebookLM.


Novel Description

"A Slave to Memory" is a thrilling cyberpunk novel set in a futuristic, dystopian version of Cape Town, a sprawling megacity on the southern tip of Africa. The story follows Omni, a young woman navigating a world dominated by corporations and advanced technology.

The novel explores themes of memory, betrayal, and the struggle for freedom in a world where technology can manipulate and control minds. When Omni's djinn, Ada, is targeted by the ruthless corporation Blue Nile, Omni must team up with a mysterious, troubled mentor named Murph to protect her.

Murph’s fragmented memories hold clues to a larger conspiracy that threatens to consume Escape. As Omni delves deeper into this mystery, she is forced to confront the dark side of technology and the true cost of freedom.

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Trivia: These first five chapters were written as a short story and pre-tested with readers on Medium before the full novel was ever started.

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This includes chapters from my Escape series, book one, Slave to Memory and the forthcoming second book, Lies to Children.
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Zane Dickens