Today sees the release of M.J. Kuhn’s cyberpunk thriller Killswitch Protocol. M.J. Kuhn is the internationally bestselling author of fantasy duology Among Thieves and Thick as Thieves, and has now turned her attention to cyberpunk with this anti-capitalist thriller. Told from three viewpoints, it hits many of the big cyberpunk tropes, including rebellion, corporate control, and body augmentation.

Synopsis from the publisher –

In New Avarita, every person is born with a purpose. Once fulfilled, they are eligible for Ascent, a peaceful passing and assumed rebirth on the next plane of existence, celebrated for having left their perfect mark upon the world.

At least, that’s what the powers that be want them to believe.

When Liv Spencer’s husband reaches Ascent under more than suspicious circumstances, she doesn’t feel like celebrating-she wants revenge. Her path takes her deep into the neon-drenched streets of New Avarita’s seedy underbelly, a world filled with black-market cybernetics, synthetic drugs, and people who see Ascent for what it truly is: a killswitch.

Liv is soon embroiled in an anarchist plot to overthrow the ruling body of New Avarita, but the further she sinks into this world, the blurrier the line between “righteous rebellion” and “terrorism” begins to grow. With hundreds of thousands of innocent lives on the line, Liv must find a way to strike back against the fascist rule of the shadowy figures controlling New Avarita without getting flagged for Ascent herself.

Killswitch Protocol releases today, July 7th, in hardback, paperback, and digitally, published by Cade and Camda Press, and also as an audiobook, by Tantor Media. It has a rating of 4.73 stars on Goodreads at time of writing, and we’re looking forward to checking out the book. M.J Kuhn is also a co-host of the excellent SFF Addicts podcast, and you can find out more about her other works at https://www.mjkuhn.com/