Gaining it, keeping it, or losing it, control is more than just a game-it's a critical tool for survival. Publisher Direct Price: $12.50 Click on cover image to see full-size version.She would like to state for the record that she knows it's all true, because she made it up. She now lives in the Midlands, with the same husband, a cat, and a taxidermied mohair goat in a glass case. Since graduating, she has worked in universities and for the government, which in no way inspired any aspects of the Administration whatsoever. She studied biological sciences at the University of Oxford, where she met her future husband at a role-playing game.

Manna Francis was born in Yorkshire, and has lived in the UK all her life. 'Multilayered and engrossing, Mind Fuck's many shades of gray will entice and enthrall.' - Chris OwenĬlick here to read a review of Mind Fuck at the Top & Bottom Book Reviews website.Ĭlick here to read a German review of Mind Fuck.Ĭlick here to read a review of Mind Fuck on a personal blog.Ĭlick here to read the first chapter of Mind Fuck. But mutual attraction and the fight for survival can create unlikely bonds. Toreth and Warrick are more natural enemies than allies. The corporations fight among themselves, using lethal force under the euphemism of 'corporate sabotage,' uniting only to resist attempts by the Administration to extend its influence over them. The government uses violence and the many divisions of the feared Department of Internal Security to maintain control and crush resistance. A totalitarian bureaucracy controls the European Administration, sharing political power with the corporations.

Their home is the dark future dystopia of New London. A minnow in a murky and dangerous pond, he is only beginning to discover how many compromises may be required for success. His small corporation, SimTech, is developing a 'sim' system that places users in a fully immersive virtual reality. In a world in which torture is a legitimate part of the investigative process, he works for the Investigation and Interrogation Division, where his colleagues can be more dangerous than the criminals he investigates. There are only better guys and worse guys.

Gee by Manna Francis