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Empyrean: Emprean, #1
Empyrean: Emprean, #1
Empyrean: Emprean, #1
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Some people deserve to die. Marci Kovács chooses who.

 

Budapest, AD2132.  In a city this big, opportunities for promotion are rare unless you're willing to do anything, and Kovács is. As an Adjudicant, he oversees state computer MARTHA's Employee liquidation program. The winners get a shot at eternal life. The rest end up as statistics.

 

MARTHA is infallible—so Marci believes. That's until colleague Alex discovers eighty-three murders concealed in her archives. The link? All had friends or relatives who vanished overnight. No mean feat in a sealed city.

 

But Alex and Marci aren't the only ones intent on learning the truth. And the deeper they delve, the closer they come to unravelling a conspiracy that threatens the lives of millions—starting with their own.

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Release dateMar 22, 2023
ISBN9781739283513
Empyrean: Emprean, #1
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Christopher Valkenburg

Christopher Valkenburg is a British novelist based in Budapest, where he writes copy for one of the Big Four. After film school he worked as a Gaffer, lighting television commercials, music videos and dramas around the world. His interests include classical music, Soviet Brutalist architecture and mountain biking. For more information, visit www.christophervalkenburg.com

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