Remember when I said I was taking the month of July off? Crap! It's August 10th!
Well, here's the good news. Even though the eBook is not yet ready for release, my newest story, Forever Yours, will start posting here on SOL next Sunday with the first two chapters. Six long months in the making. It will continue to post a chapter every three days until it ends in mid-March. Yeah. It will be running for even longer than it took to write it! So, get ready for a read that tantalizes and captures you from day one.
However, there is one thing I need to warn you about. If you are one of those people who can't wait three days for a cliff hanger to be resolved, wait until March to start reading, or buy the eBook when it comes out in September. Most chapters don't end with a cliff hanger, but some do. It's where the action best pauses and is a natural chapter break. It will be resolved in three days when the next chapter posts.
I can't believe I need to make that announcement, but too many people have had their feelings hurt because they couldn't wait three days for the resolution. I just want you to know it's going to be there, so don't start if you can't stand it.
Here's the summary:
Henry Pascal, a high school senior at the beginning of our tale, started building his own computers when he was eight years old. He was heavily influenced by his mother's complaints that every time a system or application was updated by the manufacturer, they broke something. He set about first manually and then automatically seeking out what was worthless in updates as far as his mother was concerned, so he could block those features without hurting the functionality of the system or app.
That led to Henry exploring the use of AI to manage the process and once he became proficient in developing and using artificial intelligence, a world of opportunities opened up to him. With his three closest friends from high school, Henry starts a company to develop AI-powered applications that served the user rather than attempting to control them. The business attracted investors and customers so quickly that before they were out of college, the business was profitable and nearing its first public offering.
Artificial Intelligence, AI, is a contentious subject, but Henry didn't realize that it would attract so many malicious hackers and even physical attacks on his partners and him. Even the Pentagon attempts to use eminent domain to grab the technology and even the company. When Henry develops a way to upload life data into an AI, creating a singularity, the opposition gets even closer to home.
Minimal sex, mostly in the first half of the story as the teens are exploring and discovering. While there are elements of computer science that are not yet fully developed in our society, they are near enough that it wouldn't be right to call this science fiction. And it's not really coming-of-age either. The characters are young adults determined to make both a personal and a professional success of their lives.
It all starts next Sunday, August 17, 2025.