The underground resistance movement from Day Zero returns to navigate the perils of emergent AI and an authoritarian state, in this gritty, high-tech thriller set in the world of Watch Dogs® Legion
London is still going to hell, even with Albion on the back foot, but Olly and Ro are hard at work finding allies for DedSec and taking down the bad guys. When a job goes awry, they end up doxxed, on the run, and in serious trouble. Bagley, the DedSec AI, gets involved and discovers someone new, someone just like him… another ghost in the machine. Frenemy hacktivist network, 404, tips them off that since terminating the ambitious plan to digitize human consciousness, Project Daybreak, DedSec has become the target for a new player in London. Looks like Project Daybreak isn’t as dead as they thought, and neither are those who died with it.
Set in a darkly dystopian London just a few years from now, the game and the prequel novel, Day Zero, reveal how the sinister forces vying to control the nation are opposed by a secretive band of hackers and activists known as DedSec. The novel follows one would-be hacker as he witnesses a savage murder and is then drawn ever deeper a conspiracy that threatens the entire city. Authentically steeped in London culture and crammed full with fast-paced action, the novel acts as a direct prequel to the events of Watch Dogs: Legion.
The latest instalment of the world-famous Assassin’s Creed® game line brings the focus to the Viking era. Discover the epic tale of Geirmund Hel-Hide, a man determined to prove his worth as a Viking and a warrior in Geirmund’s Saga. A perilous journey across the sea brings him into contact with a being out of myth and grants him a mysterious ring that promises both great power and bitter betrayal.
Page Count: 352pp
Cover Art: Martín M. Barbudo
Genre: Science Fiction and Thriller
US On Sale Date: June 21, 2022
UK On Sale Date: September 1, 2022
Paperback ISBN: 9781839081385
Paperback Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm
Global Ebook On Sale Date: June 7, 2022
ebook ISBN: 9781839081392
Global On Sale: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9798765035245
STEWART HOTSTON lives in Reading, UK. After completing a PhD in theoretical physics, Stewart now spends his days working in high finance. He has had numerous short stories published as well as three novels, including the political thriller Tangle’s Game. When not writing or working, Stewart is a senior instructor at the School of the Sword and Team GB member in the HEMA categories of Rapier and Rapier & Dagger.
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“A great examination of the moral and philosophical questions around the development of AI”
– Big Geordie Geek
“Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy proved to be an engaging and interesting follow-up to the game, as well as a great sequel to Watch Dogs Legion: Day Zero. It made me come to care about the returning characters a lot more, and left me wanting more from them. Hopefully this won’t be the last we see of these characters, or this setting.”
– Trans-Scribe
“I particularly enjoy how each character compliments the others skills. All in all another wonderful entry to the Watch Dogs tie-in collection and I really hope there are more to come.”
– What You Tolkien About
“If you want something that’ll offer both a thoughtful take on where we are currently heading, but with some thrills (and even a couple of heroics!) and a fast pace, then this is the novel you are looking for.”
The Middle Shelf, on Tangle’s Game
“Hotston gives us a pacey, globe-trotting narrative packed with incident and the characters are fun.”
Scifi and Scary, on Tangle’s Game
"An unflinching look at the future of humans and AI. Equal parts compelling and disturbing."
– Anna Stephens author of the Godblind saga
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UK Paperback On Sale: September 1, 2022
Global Audiobook On Sale: June 21, 2022
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