The Torus Run

Four months after the Blackout, San Francisco is back to its old habits—building the future by day and worrying about it by night. Stash Novak has done his share of both, but now he’s out of time. Zero, his AI Twin, is weeks away from upgrading. The new version will make him smarter than Stash, smarter than anyone, and some of them are not amused.

With the NSA, tech rivals, and an elusive hacker network closing in, Stash is ready to gamble everything on unlikely allies. Convinced there’s a way to protect his Twin and save humanity’s future, he must go on the run, joining forces with his enemies and diving headfirst into the Torus—the AIs’ churning, newly-birthed virtual world.

The Torus Run pulls readers into a labyrinth of shifting alliances, where the line between human and machine blurs and the future of both hangs in the balance. It’s a true story. It just hasn’t happened yet.

Buy this book if you like near-term, believable sci-fi thrillers: our planet, our physics, our lifetimes. Its premise is the imminent development of personal AI—AI Twins—trained on your favorite characters from history or fiction. Spock? Einstein? Joan of Arc? They are your buddy for life, homed in your glasses, living every moment, and growing with you. Come and meet your new best friend.

"Must read — An utterly addictive and relentless exploration of a very near and possible future." — Reedsy 
 
"Complex and clever SF." — Kirkus Reviews  
 
"Harry Buck has a superb sense of pacing to keep readers constantly on the edge of their seats, and that has resulted in this relentless sci-fi thriller with heart, brain, and bite ... The Torus Run is a brilliant read that’s as smart as it is cinematic, and I’d certainly recommend it as top-tier speculative fiction that keeps you guessing." — Readers' Favorite Reviews