Neurocyber Series

What is your opinion of  the roadrunner (ground cuckoo and snake killer)?  Geococcyx californianus can live in sparse forest, or in scrappy, scrubby, arid desert; it has been found at sea level and at 3,000 feet; the champion world record-holder roadrunner clocked 26 mph running on land; it reduces its dehydration and can lower its body temperature.   Now consider this ruined city: buildings and people have been devastated by earthquakes, fires, and floods; havoc was wreaked over centuries by pandemics and a kind of civil war; all digital records, savings, trade, and money itself were wiped away by massive astronomical events.  Must a biped still go alone down these decaying streets?   Would you agree that the environment of the distant future is more suited to the greater roadrunner than to the surviving members of the species Homo sapiens? The Guardians, toiling in secret in Civic Hall, one of the few remaining tall buildings in the whole of the city, would do well to study the adaptive thermoregulation of the chaparral cock. Guardian Lois, however, spends her hours imprisoned in The Hall studying recovered fragments of ancient movies and planning how she will take down the guardian opposing her. Should Clarke Maxwell act as her private investigator? Would you like to find out?   Buy this short read, first in the 12-part series Neurocyber by Lee Shorter, and you will begin your exploration of the shape of the future.

Clarke Maxwell, independent investigator in the devastation and decay of the once prosperous and busy city, had been called to The Hall to collect a parcel from Guardian Lois. The mission was to pass it unopened to a group of collectors and to try to establish why they were amassing artefacts and who was their leader. Before he could connect with the group, the package was stolen, a guy who tried to kill him fell to his death and Clarke narrowly avoided being implicated in murder.   This is Book 3 in the series of short, half-hour reads by Lee Shorter.

Clarke Maxwell had seen his share of weirdness, but nothing prepared him for what he encountered when he was called to The Hall. As an independent investigator, he had been engaged by a Guardian, known as Lois, to deliver a parcel to a mysterious group of collectors. Just as he was about to make contact with them the package was stolen. Desperate to uncover the truth, Clarke began to suspect a yellow-haired woman and ventured to her apartment with his gun drawn. (All in Neurocyber 1-3.) What will he find? Will he change the future of the decayed and once prosperous city, or will it change him?   A private detective in dystopian mean streets, dirty cops and the danger of neurosurgery, you'll love Lee Shorter's Fakery. Buy now before the price changes!  

How does this sound? After the  centuries of destructive, intense heat, post the floods, after waves of viral attacks, a man, a detective, is walking the ruined streets. Implanted with a neurocyber against his will, Clarke Maxwell is uncertain what the device in his head could do to him. He no longer knows who is in charge in this devastated city. Do the cops who forced him into the hospital really work for the Guardians in City Hall, or will he find that they are the criminals he was engaged to pursue?   What is certain is that Clarke must either lose the man who has been tailing him since he left the hospital, or, better still, ensnare him.   To continue the story, buy Neurocyber 6: A World Outside now, before the price changes    

Each of the early short books in the series Neurocyber is designed to be read as a self-contained story, but the time-line of events between each book is tight and it may be preferable to read them in chronological order.   In the previous short reads:-   In a ruined city, a place of devastation and decay, all digital records, savings, trade, and money itself wiped away by massive astronomical events, can a biped still go alone down these decaying streets?   Clarke Maxwell, private investigator, had been called to The Hall to collect a parcel from Guardian Lois. The Guardian engaged him to pass it unopened to a group of collectors and to try to establish why they were amassing artefacts and who was their leader. Before he could connect with the group, the package was stolen. Trying to formulate a plan, Clarke became suspicious of a yellow-haired woman. Following her led him to a very obese man but before he could take a step towards the guy, Clarke was sapped.   When he came round, Clarke stumbled into the apartment next door where he found the body of a recently murdered old man. The cops turned up and took the concussed Clarke to a clinic where a medic sedated him.   If you enjoyed the mystery of Lee Shorter's series Neurocyber so far, then you'll love this fifth instalment. Buy now before the price changes and you'll be on the edge of your seat with Clarke as he tries to solve the crimes.  

It's hotting up for Clarke Maxwell, emotionally and physically. Did you know that too much pleasure can kill? Or so they say in Indie-faked. How much heat can you stand?   Clarke Maxwell, private investigator in a future ruined city, is about to find out whether pleasure leads to fatal pain. Can he withstand the assault? As he suffers the torture inflicted on him he knows that the neurocyber planted in his head will send out a distress call to the medic who inserted it, in Neurocyber 5: Running Blades. The question is, what will she do with the information?

Faced with deciding between two visions for a future for our deeply flawed species, challenged to act for one side or the other, could you think through all the factors and make your choice? Of course you could! You are living in the Common Era. Now, where and when is this story taking place?   Clarke Maxwell, in a ruined city in the post-apocalyptic New Era, is faced with the need to choose and act but feels he hasn't enough material to inform his choice. He proceeds in the only way he knows how, by working on a case, investigating who are the bad guys and whose side he should be on.   This is Book 8 in the series of quick reads, Neurocyber by Lee Shorter. Be sure to buy the rest of the series to get the full story.

It's decision time for private investigator Clarke Maxwell in the ruined city of the future.   If you haven't read the previous episodes, well, that's a pity, but all the strands are here. It's all coming together in a choice for Clarke: side with Guardian Lois or Guardian Medic Hurley? Which of the opponents offers the better route for humanity in the future? What should Clarke do once he has decided?   Which way do you choose? The issue are here before you.

Do you recognise the future city described in the series "Neurocyber"? If you know the location of the ruined houses Clarke Maxwell visits in "Neurocyber 9," try to imagine the cliffs which will be carved out by future catastrophes. Can Clarke Maxwell avoid the fall down those cliffs, or will he be found dead in the water? This series of 12 quick reads serves up a warning to us all of the future that awaits us. 

You know where the crumbling front wall and door are all that remain of a once grand house in Pasetano Road… that house on the cliffs where the Ice Cream Blonde died a long, long time before The Events caused the flooding that covered the highway and inundated her famous Sidewalk Cafe below it? Well that's where Brass believes Clarke Maxwell will be set up for a fall down the cliff when he is hired to take a parcel to a meet.   Lieutenant Brass and his men will be on hand to save Clarke, or they will if Brass has accurate information. If he hasn't, can Clarke save himself? Buy Neurocyber 10: Spoken For and find out why Clarke is worried.

This is the final episode in the story. Everything has to be talked through. All possibilities analysed. A conclusion must be reached and then V. I. Carmardy must act. What will she do? It depends upon whoever is in control of the neurocyber in her head.