Scottie, a rocky year into adulthood, is skidding toward the bottom spot on New Seattle’s popularity sorting -- the People List. When a brand finally comes her way, it’s a calamitous one: Scottie is blamed for the death of the longtime #1, a charismatic stage actress named Delilah.
Scottie is convinced someone murdered Delilah. She’ll have to prove it alone, her only confidante her AI chip, Cece. The clock is ticking. The People List will update in a week and last place brings a one-way trip into the frozen wasteland outside the town gates.
The sensible move: work on her brand. The risky move: pursue a killer.
KEYWORDS: AI, dystopia, mystery thriller, science fiction, sci-fi heroine, scifi standalone, near-future scifi, social satire, for fans of Black Mirror, science fiction mystery, dystopian novels, personal brands, genetic engineering, neural implants, female sleuth
Neve Maslakovic writes mysteries set in speculative worlds. In her books, no place is safe from the criminal element—including an academic time-travel lab, a parallel universe, and a Seattle of the future. Neve’s life journey has taken her from Belgrade, Serbia to a PhD at Stanford University's STAR Lab to her dream job as a writer. She lives with her husband, son, and remarkably energetic goldendoodle south of the Twin Cities. She is currently hard at work on a new series set in the 1980’s.
Find out more at www.nevemaslakovic.com