*Note on availability: The paper version of Centricity is now temporarily unavailable for purchase. This is because the new edition (with a new cover) will be released, along with the sequel Duplicity, before the end of 2024. The current Centricity ebook will be available until about two weeks before the new release.
Action and intrigue rendered in blood-stained neon.
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In a condemned hotel, an intelligence operation to retrieve a DNA-altering bioweapon goes horribly wrong, sparking a scandal that could bring down an agency ... and a city along with it.
Adasha Denali resolves disputes for Naion—using words, not weapons. But with her agency under fire and her mentor blamed for the failed op, she’ll have to get her hands dirty. Racing to discover who’s undermining Naion’s security and why, Adasha runs headlong into corporate mercenaries, an engineered spy, and a man losing his mind to a new form of intelligence. Meanwhile, the once-great immersion hacker Neon Nik is on the ugly side of broke, struggling to pay off circling loan sharks. When he inherits a piece of advanced tech that throws him into Adasha’s path, threats of dismemberment become the least of his problems. Now he’s got a vortex of hired killers on his heels and a decision to make: sell out or suit up. ---
Enter Naion, a megacity at the heart of civilization’s rise from the ashes. In its towering arcologies, bodytech gurus upgrade the human chassis and synthetic intelligences whisper revelations through brainware. Here, powerful forces seek to determine whether humanity will forge a new path or repeat past mistakes.
Centricity takes the layered intrigue of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, injects the future-noir of Altered Carbon and Blade Runner into its veins, and hands it a weapon fully loaded with the technopunk of Neuromancer.
-Edited by Michael Crowley, who worked on Andy Weir’s bestseller, The Martian.- Read the first chapter for free on Reedsy!
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Centricity Awards
Centricity Reviews
"Set in the far future of the city-sphere of Naion, the world has evolved into complex arcologies after a number of catastrophic events. The story premise and concept give the plot more than enough depth for an imaginative story and character development. The world-building is as immersive as it can be in terms of technology enabling people to enjoy their entertainment, run their businesses and government, and find new ways to live and eat: who can resist vitamin-infused potato crisps? However, human flaws don't change and greed still rules."
-Readers' Favorite Review Read the full review here. "CENTRICITY is an immersive and atmospheric novel that blends sci-fi, espionage and thriller elements. Henderson’s world-building is particularly impressive, providing vivid descriptions of a society coping with unchecked exponential technological growth and rampant global environmental deterioration. His masterful wordcraft adds an authenticity to how life would feel in a future world where augmented reality technology is omnipotent."
-Michael Leon Reviews Read the full review here. "It easily earned a full five star rating from me and it is now on the list of my favorite reads of 2020 ... His impressive brand of world-building is entirely captivating and during my reading experience I felt like I could have stepped right into the world his characters inhabit."
-Reedsy Discovery Review Read the full review here. "Gripping, intense, action-packed, Centricity will be as welcome to fans of SF and the cyberpunk genre as a top-shelf combat neural-link upgrade from your trusted local body shop. Delve into a web of high-tech intrigue, where the recyked air inside the city dome reeks of cheap carbon filters and sizzles with the static discharge of mag-accelerated high-velocity rounds..."
-Amazon.ca reviewer "In Naion, almost everything seems to be hackable and virtual, and your daily life can be easily exposed. I’d be extremely paranoid if I were living in this dangerous, chaotic world. It’s a scary future to live in, with disasters at every corner."
-From Sunny Day Reads Blog Read the full review here. |
The Centricity Cycle will return in
Duplicity
Stay up to date on my progress writing the second book in The Centricity Cycle. Not only does this keep you in the loop, it helps to motivate me!
2024.912
Duplicity is complete, and is now going through formatting. The cover art is also in progress. The release date is as yet undecided, but will be before the end of 2024 (along with the new edition of Centricity). I'm really excited to share the next volume of this wild ride with you. Thank you all so much for your ongoing patience.
Stay plugged in, and I'll keep you updated, watchers of Naion.
Duplicity is complete, and is now going through formatting. The cover art is also in progress. The release date is as yet undecided, but will be before the end of 2024 (along with the new edition of Centricity). I'm really excited to share the next volume of this wild ride with you. Thank you all so much for your ongoing patience.
Stay plugged in, and I'll keep you updated, watchers of Naion.
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Wrotebook Notebook is a notebook designed for writers by a writer (that'd be me). It's features include:
- Milestone "sigils" to encourage greater productivity.
- Character and Profile Pages to keep track of key story elements.
- Space for footnotes and important terms.
- Shorthand codes to make referencing material easier.
- And more!
The notebooks are available from Amazon in both 6x9 and 7.5x9.25 sizes and in multiple cover styles (with more coming out in the future).
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