Sleep State Interrupt
BetterWorld Cyberpunk #1
by T.C. Weber
2017 Compton Crook Finalist for best debut science fiction novel!
In Sleep State Interrupt, a giant media corporation has taken over the Internet, created an addictive virtual reality called BetterWorld, and controls nearly all information. Politicians do their bidding and a brainwashed humanity serves a privileged few. Waylee Freid, an unemployed Baltimore journalist with ever-worsening bipolar disorder, is the only hope for a brighter future. She and her countercultural friends bust a notorious teenage hacker out of jail and sneak into a closed presidential fundraiser at the Smithsonian castle, where they hope to record incriminating admissions that will wake up the world. Hunted by Homeland Security, Waylee and her friends must reach a sufficient audience by broadcasting their video during the Super Bowl. But to do so, they’ll have to break into one of the most secure facilities ever built.
REVIEW
5 out of 5
The first thing I noticed about this book was just how descriptive it is. You aren’t just watching everything unfold, you can almost hear and feel it too. Dystopia meets cyberpunk that fans of the Shadowrun series will be able to appreciate. I think the most terrifying part of this is that it isn’t hard to imagine it happening in our lifetimes. Waylee is an amazing character, and you can’t help but root for her from page one. There wasn’t a dull moment in this story, highly recommend.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T.C. Weber has pursued writing since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with physics and ecology. His first published novel was a near-future cyberpunk thriller titled Sleep State Interrupt (See Sharp Press). The first book of a trilogy, it was a finalist for the 2017 Compton Crook award for best first speculative fiction novel. The sequels, The Wrath of Leviathan and Zero-Day Rising, are also out. These were followed by Born in Salt, a character-oriented alternate history novel, and The Survivors, a post-apocalyptic horror novella. His latest work, The Council, pits a naïve councilman and a down-on-her-luck single mom against greedy developers and a dysfunctional government, to try to save their county’s last stand of forest.
Mr. Weber is a member of Poets & Writers, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, the Horror Writers Association, and the Maryland Writers Association, and has run numerous writing workshops. By day, Mr. Weber works as an ecologist, and has had a number of scientific papers and book chapters published. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Karen and two miniature schnauzers. He enjoys traveling and has visited all seven continents.
For book samples, short stories, and more, visit https://www.tcweber.com/
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Sleep State Interrupt
BetterWorld Cyberpunk #1
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The Wrath of Leviathan
BetterWorld Cyberpunk #2
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Zero-Day Rising
BetterWorld Cyberpunk #3
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