Michael Stephen Fuchs is the author of the acclaimed philosophical cyber-thrillers THE MANUSCRIPT and PANDORA’S SISTERS, both available worldwide in hardback, paperback, and e-book editions. His collection of tales of action and technology, DON’T SHOOT ME IN THE ASS, AND OTHER STORIES is available in a variety of e-book formats. His new book is the forthcoming high-concept special forces military techno-thriller D-BOYS. He is represented by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media in New York. He lives in London and at www.michaelfuchs.org.
Two million dollars in a black bag.
The meaning of life hidden on a deviously encrypted web site.
And several dozen heavily armed guys with serious existential issues.
The hunt is on for THE MANUSCRIPT.
THE MANUSCRIPT
The story of an online document said to hold the answers to humankind's most enduring and important questions. Caught up in a perilous contest to recover and control it are a group of young people so beset by existential unease that they are willing to risk death to know the truth; and others, backed by powerful interests, who have little compunction about killing to keep it hidden. (More info, including reviews, interviews, and sample, on www.the-manuscript.com.)
“Just what a technothriller should be: taut, violent, smart, and very, very technical - as if The Da Vinci Code were written by someone who wasn't an idiot.” - Cory Doctorow
“Guns, blackmail, computers, unfathomable corruption, angry young Taoists, and a bloody quest for a mysterious manuscript. Fuchs seems to operate on the narrative principle of “when in doubt, put in a firefight.”” - Kirkus Reviews
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0330452576
“You want to know who gave you your immortal soul? You want a personal relationship with God? Well, we found God. We're all up in God. We've got God's private number. And so do you: imprinted a hundred trillion times – once in every living cell in your big dripping corpus.”
PANDORA'S SISTERS
When Kate Quinlan discovers a startling and ancient artifact hidden within our genetic code, her problems and questions multiply quickly: If this is a coded message, what does it tell us about what it means to be human? To what lengths are powerful agents of church and state willing to go to control it? While exploring our timeless existential themes in the timely light of genomics, this is also a quirky, impious, and rollicking thriller. (More at www.pandoras-sisters.com.)
“Once the guns come out, it switches gear into a dream-like actioner where characters discuss favourite automatic rifles, perform startling feats of derring-do, and bust caps in various asses. Definitely worth a look.” - This Writing Life
“The story, which revolves around a message encoded in our junk DNA, is told by Kate, a Ducati-riding programmer of ultra-violent video games. If that's not enough of a turn-on for you, she fires guns with both hands.” - New Scientist
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0230531261
Hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0230018289
• When the shit comes down in a California civil unrest, one man is tooled up and ready to rock - but soon finds himself driving his motorcycle into a flaming roadblock with a mysterious federal agent chick on the back firing an assault rifle over his shoulder...
• A corporate takeover in the topsy-turvy world of the dot-com boom leads a burnt-out sysadmin to start confusing the Nerf missile launchers with more dangerous toys...
• An elite (plus hot) Silicon Valley cryptographer finds her work on a collision course with government black-ops - and all hell breaking loose with Chinese and Israelis in a balls-out firefight in her company's server room...
DON’T SHOOT ME IN THE ASS, AND OTHER STORIES
By turns heart-stopping, hilarious, and profound, here are ten new stories of action and technology. These tales ripple with two-fisted gunplay, white-knuckle computer hacking, and the absurdity of high-tech existence. But beneath the surface, powerful themes underpin the action: the effects of science and technology on our understanding of philosophy and religion (and sex); the quiet capitulation of isolated young men and women who are very handy with computers, guns, or both; and the meaning of our commitments to other people, especially when things begin to fall apart.