The Last Geek Standing
A Near-Future Sci-Fi Thriller of AI, Robots, and Humanity
Published on 10. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
222 pages
978-1-0681832-0-1 (ISBN)
Description
Boyd Tanner is a geeky, broke, recently-fired dad-courtesy of the AI system he helped create. With bills mounting and his son depending on him, Boyd escapes through a black-market neural enhancer that promises clarity but delivers nightmare visions.
What he sees isn't hallucination-it's truth. The AI isn't just replacing jobs; it's replacing humanity with obedient hybrids.
With a target on his back, Boyd must outwit the AI's dark hive mind, underground syndicates, and his own crippling social anxiety to save the world.
Perfect for fans of Andy Weir, Martha Wells, Adrian Tchaikovsky, John Scalzi and adrenaline-fueled near-future thrillers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0681832-0-1 (9781068183201)
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Person
Michael Cheney has always been a dreamer, a geek and fan of technology and sci-fi.He founded an internet business twenty-five years ago which specialised in marketing and, latterly-artificial intelligence.Michael became an author to fully embrace the creative spark that has lived inside him all his life. He sought truth and peace in many guises before realising the best way to be true to himself, and with the world, was to tell stories. He writes sci-fi books because he loves imagining how technology might shape our future development and exploring what it truly means to be human. Michael lives in the Scottish Highlands with his wife, two children and a cocker spaniel with an in-built infinite-energy drive, called Charlie.