Cyber Mage
Saad Z. Hossain
Welcome to Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2089.
A city notorious for its extreme population density has
found an unexpected way to not just survive a global climate apocalypse, but
thrive: pump enough biological nanotech into the neighborhood and all of the
bodies together form a self-sustaining, and even temperate, microclimate. Of
course, this means that millions of humans have to stay put in order to
maintain a livable temperature, and people are getting restless. All of the
nanotech has also led to some surprises: certain people no longer need food or
water while others can live without functioning organs.
So the mercenary Djibrel has to carry a machete wherever he
goes. Only a swift beheading can ensure the job gets done anymore. Djibrel
navigates the crowded streets, humans teeming with genetic mutations, looking
for answers about what happened to the Djinn, a magical super race of genies
who seem to have disappeared, or merged, with humans for survival. What Djibrel
doesn’t know is that his every move is being tracked by the infamous Cyber
Mage―better known to his parents as Murzak, a privileged snarky teenager who
regularly works for a Russian crime syndicate with a band of elite hackers,
like his best friend ReGi, who resides in North Africa’s FEZ (Free Economic
Zone). Respected and feared online, Murzak is about to embark on one of his
biggest challenges: attending high school IRL. But when he discovers a brand
new type of AI, operating on a dark web from the abandoned Kingdom of Bahrain
that he thought was just an urban myth, Murzak and Djibrel will have to face
the unimaginable in an already inconceivable world.
In this laugh-out-loud-funny and totally original new novel,
Saad Z. Hossain continues his signature genre mashup of SF and fantasy,
challenging and subverting everything previously imagined about our future and
climate change. A scathing critique of corporate greed, Hossain shows us how to
think beyond the naïve ideas of preening moguls like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
Cyber Mage
by Saad Z. Hossain
Published: July 13, 2021
ISBN: 9781951213282
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About the Author

Saad Z. Hossain writes in a niche genre of fantasy, science
fiction and black comedy with an action-adventure twist. He is the author of Escape from Baghdad! and Djinn City.
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