Malware
Malware – a Technothriller Novella
Jay Marston works for XOr AntiVirus, fighting malware outbreaks. A new virus starts to infect computers the world over. They defeat it, but it bugs Jay. It was too easy. Something else is going on, something much bigger.
He calls in favours from his shadowy blackhat contacts in an attempt to track down the source of the infection. Only then does it become apparent how dangerous this particular malware threat really is...
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Simon Kewin
Simon is a British fantasy and sci/fi writer, with over a hundred short stories published in a wide variety of magazines, including Analog and Nature. He’s the author of the Cloven Land fantasy trilogy, cyberpunk sci/fi thriller The Genehunter and the steampunk Gormenghast Engn saga.
Some of his books are available to download for free – and there are more if you sign up to his newsletter. He’s a member of the British Fantasy Society and the Untethered Realms collective.
He was born in the Year of the Dragon. He still thinks digital watches are a pretty neat idea.