"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, The Wayward Pines TrilogyMIM*XSoft RobotsAfter bloody civil unrest, environmental disaster, and the Third World War, benevolent corporations have replaced governments and delivered peace, prosperity, and equality to a grateful human race.Max Carmichael is an agent in the Cryptics Bureau, whose duty is to protect the corporations that govern the world. But when he's given a secret mission to find a mysterious woman linked to acts of sabotage, he discovers she was part of a MIM*X experiment that links human brains to artificial intelligence. Evan Lord, the enigmatic and powerful CEO of the MIM*X corporation, wants to shape society into a harmonious blend of humans and robots using neural implants. Carmichael soon realizes his involvement is no accident, and he's forced to choose between duty and humanity as rogue outliers plot to take down MIM*X.And the woman he is ordered to destroy causes him to question not only his own existence, but that of the entire global society as well. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Scott Nicholson is the author of more than 30 thrillers, including the AFTER and NEXT post-apocalyptic series, The Harvest, and The Red Church. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. His website is AuthorScottNicholson.com. and "Always surprises and always entertains. and " - Jonathan Maberry and "Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody. and " - J.A. Konrath