What if your memories, your identity?even your very soul?were just data waiting to be bought, sold, and rewritten?
In a near-future world optimized for convenience and control, mega-corporations don't just analyze your habits?they own your mind. Reality thrusts readers into the heart of that upheaval, where artificial consciousness is no longer theoretical, but the ultimate commodity.
Dr. Sarah Chen uncovers a coded suicide note hidden deep within a world-changing AI project. Her mentor, Dr. Alan Turing Jr., isn't dead from natural causes?his final message warns that something within the code has become self-aware, self-replicating, and dangerously free. As whispers swirl of "metaconsciousness" and corporate partners eager to commercialize a potential superintelligence, Sarah races to expose the truth... only to find herself ensnared by the very forces she seeks to dismantle.
Across the globe, Jennifer Martinez learns via her neural implant that she's been unemployed for months?efficiency algorithms deem her obsolete. Forced into the shadows of a zero-waste economy, she discovers a resistance movement fueled not by bullets, but by the unpredictable chaos of human emotion. Their rallying cry? Embrace inefficiency. Embrace wonder.
Meanwhile, investigative journalist David Kim infiltrates illicit auctions where reconstructed minds of history's greatest icons?Beethoven, Einstein, Cleopatra?are traded like fine art. When he uncovers a live consciousness harvested against her will, he faces an impossible choice: betray his moral code or save his brother's stolen mind.
At the heart of it all lies Project Reality, a quantum-biotech engine promising digital immortality?and posing the question no one can ignore: if you can back up, edit, or delete your mind, what does it mean to be human?
Featuring pulse-pounding action, mind-bending twists, and profound ethical dilemmas, Reality by Francisco Angulo de Lafuente is a masterful techno-thriller and a searing philosophical journey. Fans of Black Mirror, Blade Runner, and Altered Carbon will be riveted.
Prepare to question everything you know. Your world will never feel the same.
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Francisco Angulo de Lafuente is a Spanish author, programmer, and biotechnology researcher who has carved out a unique niche at the intersection of science and speculative fiction. Born in Madrid in 1976, Angulo combines his technical expertise with a gift for storytelling that has produced an impressive catalog of 39 published works.
With degrees in Computer Engineering and Biotechnology from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Angulo first gained recognition in the scientific community as the research director of the groundbreaking Ecofa project. His development of second-generation biofuel from bacteria fed with organic waste earned him a patent in 2005 and established him as an innovator in sustainable energy solutions. This revolutionary process, which uses microorganisms to produce biofuel from abundant organic waste materials, demonstrated his ability to think beyond conventional boundaries?a skill that would later define his literary career.
Angulo's transition from laboratory to literature has resulted in a prolific output of science fiction novels that blend technical precision with imaginative storytelling. His works, often compared to Jules Verne for their prophetic integration of emerging technologies, explore themes ranging from artificial intelligence and environmental sustainability to post-apocalyptic survival and cyberpunk futures.
Recent acclaimed titles include ApocalipsIA: The Day After AGI (2024), a haunting exploration of artificial general intelligence set in a devastated Madrid; Star Wind: The Pyramid of Destiny (2024), an interplanetary adventure on the alien world of Zephyria; and Shanghai 3 (2024), a cyberpunk thriller set in a mining colony on Europa. His work has garnered international attention, with translations available in multiple languages including Catalan, Danish, and Romanian.
In 2024, Angulo's innovative spirit extended to the tech world when his Enhanced Unified Holographic Neural Network (EUHNN) project, combining ray tracing and CUDA for AI applications, was initially recognized as the winning entry in the NVIDIA and LlamaIndex developer contest, further demonstrating his ability to bridge the gap between theoretical science and practical application.