Life in the Caspian Republic has taught Agent Nikolai South two rules. Trust No One. And, work just hard enough not to make enemies.
Here, in the last sanctuary for the dying embers of the human race in a world run by artificial intelligence, if you stray from the path, your life is forfeit. But when a Party propagandist is killed, and is discovered as a "machine", he's given a new mission: chaperone the widow, Lily, who has arrived to claim her husband's remains.
But, when South sees that she, the first "machine" ever allowed into the country, bears an uncanny resemblance to his late wife, he's thrown into a maelstrom of betrayal, murder, and conspiracy that may bring down the Republic for good.
WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS illuminates authoritarianism, complicity, and identity in the digital age, in a page turning, darkly-funny, frightening and touching story that recalls Philip K. Dick, John le Carré and Kurt Vonnegut in equal measure.
"A brilliant mirror to our reality packaged in a fast-paced sci-fi plot..... A slow-burn novel that takes threads we didn't even know we were holding and pulls them together as we careen towards a shocking end. This is a novel fans will want to read again, picking up the subtle clues overlooked the first time…. This world and the characters struggling to survive within it will stay with you for a
The Nerd Daily
"The novel is taut and intense, with hints seeded so stealthily that the big reveals (and, with the twists, there are a few) give a feeling of both surprise and inevitability."
Den of Geek
"Insomnia-inducing plots that will leave you looking over your shoulder long after the stories conclude.... Well written and suitably grim, this picture of one dystopian holdout in a utopian world should please many sf readers interested in visions of a post-AI future."
