This Machine Kills Billionaires
- Author T. R. Napper
- Narrator Luke Arnold
- Publisher JAB Books
- Publish Date 7 July 2026
- Run Time 4 hours and 49 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Science fiction: cyberpunk / biopunk, Science fiction: near-future.
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What to expect
Billionaires start dying in bizarre accidents, sending shockwaves through the markets and the media. But for philosopher Izanami (Izzy) Jones, it's just a vaguely amusing, if disturbing, item in the news.
Izzy is the reluctant employee of a Silicon Valley tsar. She's been tasked by him to give moral instruction to the world's first Artificial General Intelligence, Huldo. Izzy knows it is merely a box-ticking exercise, required by government regulation before her boss is granted full control over the AGI.
But when Huldo reveals itself to be far more, and far less, than it appears, suddenly the abstractions of her work become very real. What moral constraints on a god? What righteous damnation for man? Izzy must make the impossible choice, before it is too late.
This Machine Kills Billionaires is a stunning new collection of stories from a modern cyberpunk master. Featuring the Ditmar and Aurealis Award-winning novella, The Hidden God, and a triptych of bonus short stories, T. R. Napper brings his trademark diamond-sharp, page-turning prose to tales that will leave you thinking, long after the book is done.
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Praise for T. R. Napper
"An incisive and self-assured voice in near-future fiction. One of those writers with an effortless grasp of the highs and lows of human nature."—Adrian Tchaikovsky, award-winning author of
Children of Time,
Shards of Earth and more
"T. R. Napper is fast turning into my go-to for all that's good and fresh in what cyberpunk has become."—Richard K. Morgan, award-winning author of Altered Carbon and more
"Brace yourself, this is the future, but not as you rememberit... it's more badass."—Pat Cadigan, award-winning author of Synners, Fools and more
"This is the new face of cyberpunk."—Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, author of The Salvage Crew and more
| Author | T. R. Napper |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Luke Arnold |
| Duration | 4 hours and 49 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781625678621 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | JAB Books |
| Genre | Science fiction: cyberpunk / biopunk, Science fiction: near-future |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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