Escapology

A cyberpunk thriller in the vein of Jeff Vandermeer and William Gibson. Author Ren Warom is very active on social media with a blog, over 1K followers on Twitter, and a Youtube channel;A fast-paced, accessible debut to sit on the Titan list alongside Koko Takes a Holiday and Turbulence;The sequel to Escapology, Virology will be out from Titan in 2017.

In the virtual world the Slip there's nothing Shock Pao can't steal for the right price. Outside the Slip, though, he's a Fail. So when his ex offers him a job, breaking into a corporate databank, he accepts. Amiga works for psychotic crime lord Twist Calhoun so when Shock's war comes to her, it's her job to bring him to Twist, dead or alive.SHOCK PAO is not just any Haunt-he's the best. There isn't a system that he can't crack into, nothing he can't steal for the right price. Outside virtual world the Slip, though, he's a Fail-no degree, no job, no affiliations to protect him from angry ex-customers. Of which he has quite a few. So when his ex brings Shock a job, he accepts, little realizing that it will turn out to be his most impossible, illegal and insane assignment yet.Amiga works for Twist Calhoun, one of the toughest crime lords in the Gung, as a Cleaner-assassin. When Shock's war comes to her, she doesn't have a choice: it's her job to bring him to Twist, dead or alive-or it'll be her head in a bag in Twist's vault.