Mind Burn

A Hacker Thriller Novel

By: T. E. Bakutis, Rhett C. Bruno

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Minority Report meets Ready Player One as a new investigator hunts down a dangerous criminal capable of high-jacking and controlling cybernetic implants.

When your new employer tasks you with investigating the first successful mass shooting in twelve years, it’s understandable to be nervous.

Fortunately, detective-in-training Cowan Soto has a Personal Brain Assistant—a cybernetic implant—that allows him to firewall pesky emotions like worry and guilt and redact memories of bullet-riddled corpses.

Unfortunately, Cowan soon learns it was his suspect’s PBA which allowed a ruthless hacker to puppet her into a shooting rampage.

Aided by a veteran investigator, a brilliant CFO, a nihilistic cybercriminal, and the best waifu madam in Kearny Mesa, Cowan must wade through a gauntlet of homicidal professional gamers, the Russian mafia, and the board of OneWorld to bring this ruthless puppetmaster to justice.

All the while, the brand-new detective is concealing the fact that he’s the exact type of criminal OneWorld has hired him to arrest: a loose circuit—a human unbound by behavioral modification protocols.

Grab your copy today and experience this breakneck technothriller from USA Today bestselling author Rhett C. Bruno and T. E. Bakutis. It’s perfect for fans of Douglas E. Richards, Richard K. Morgan, and William Gibson.

Full of action, mystery, and loads of cybernetic future-tech, Mind Burn explores the very question of what it means to be free.

©2023 Rhett C. Bruno and Thomas Eric Bakutis (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

immersive

strong setting, interesting plot and mechanics. characters tend to blend together, but overall a solid read

What a ride

I honestly didn’t expect to be as enthralled and entertained as I was with this story. I’m a sucker for sci-fi, and this hit the spot. A very realistic take on future technology and they’re up and downsides. Definitely worth a listen. Not to mention the narrator did an amazing job.

There were elements that left me a bit confused, but for the most part, it was a great ride lol.

Great Police Thriller

Mind burn was a great sci-fi police thriller. I picked it up because of one of the authors, Rhett C. Bruno, and the narrator, Edoardo Ballerini. T. E. Bakutis is new to me. This did not disappoint! I'd love to see this as a series.

Loved It!

I loved this book! Interesting story, literally would find excuses to go for long drives to listen.

This is a great police procedural with spot on science backing...

Mind Burn is a science fiction police procedural with great world building! It has enough twisty turns to keep you guessing all the way through the book! In case that's not enough it'll make you want to learn how to be an IT coder without having to figure out what's goin on and skipping all the classroom histrionics... it absolutely breaks down what's happening in layman's terms.
And Man. Ohhhh Man that ending!!! I did not see that! You could've knocked me down with a feather!