Hard Vacuum 1 by Simon Cantan Read Free Book Online Page B

There's something immensely entertaining about an Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jean-Claude Van Damme film, or lately Jason Statham. It's fun to just shut off your brain and let the ridiculousness wash over you.
    I started writing this novelette with that goal in mind. To create a silly book with groan-worthy lines after each death. Hopefully, I've achieved that. Writing about Kyra Sarin was certainly a lot of fun. There's something incredibly liberating about a person like that, that really doesn't care about anything much, other than her survival and her daughters.
    The novelette was meant to be a self-contained story, but Kyra and Baltasar had other plans by the end. As happens so often when I write, the characters trashed my plans and announced that they were going to do something else entirely. Recently, I've begun work on the sequel, so we'll get to see just what that is.
    Simon Cantan, May 2014

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    Everyone and their Grandmother has a ReadyNet implant.
    Without them nothing works. Doors won't open. Cars won't drive. There aren't even any signs; why bother when you can tell peoples' implants to draw them in? And every implant comes with the "hardwall", a filter that guarantees no-one can edit what you see and feel without your permission. It's been completely unhackable... until now.
    Chris and his friends have found a way past the hardwall, and now they can do anything. Chris can render himself invisible. Erika can tell you anything she likes and you'll believe every word. Max can tap you and you'll think you've been punched by a heavyweight. Hailey can flip a switch and you'll be asleep before you can blink.
    All they want is to get one up on a rival gang, but today's prankster is tomorrow's threat to society. And it's hard to prove you're innocent when other people start changing "reality" too.
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