Curse the Day

Tobias Hawke was the tech genius boss of the British Institute for Deep Learning. Now his body has been found in his lab: he has been brutally murdered. Hawke was on the brink of an astonishing breakthrough in the field of Artificial Intelligence. His creation, 'Syd', a machine-learning device that mimics human thought, promised to change the face of humanity forever. But, in the wake of her creator's murder, Syd has gone into emergency shutdown procedure. What secrets are her neural networks hiding? Michael North, ex-assassin and spy-for-hire, is the man to find out. But he can't work alone. Teenage hacker Fangfang, and Hawke's widow, a prize-winning ethicist, have their own reasons to solve the murder. But can they uncover the truth before it's too late? PRAISE FOR CURSE THE DAY: 'Relentlessly plotted with a blistering pace, Curse the Day is a sharply drawn, gleefully witty conspiracy thriller. Tackling tomorrow's nightmare today, this is a superb novel' M.W. CRAVEN. 'A brilliant technothriller...complete with terrific action sequences, memorable characters, and the fate of the world at stake ... The pace never lets up and the story stays with you long after the final page' ZOE SHARP. 'Packed with no-holds-barred action and memorable characters. It's a blast!' JAMES SWALLOW. PRAISE FOR JUDITH O'REILLY: 'A terrific future-shock thriller full of pace, tension, character, and emotion' LEE CHILD. 'Fast-paced and packed with action' MICK HERRON. 'A high-octane plot that centres around the dark heart of British political power' SUNDAY TIMES. 'Thought-provoking, pacy and thrilling' SUNDAY MIRROR. 'A gritty, action-packed, page-turner' ANDY MCNAB. 'New thriller writers come and go. I suspect this lady will stick around' FREDERICK FORSYTH.