Forced to be Free

by Koen Martens

Overview

SHORT READ: A near-future techno thriller novelette.

Young and brilliant hacker Sam takes a job at a defence contractor to fight for his freedom in a Europe that is about to be overrun by the Russian Federation.

With time running out, Sam finds out who his real allies are. Fighting betrayal and his inner demons, he must pull out all his clever hacking tricks to stop the advancing army.

Can he stop the invasion, and if so, at what price?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162611219
Publisher:	Koen Martens
Publication date:	09/18/2021
Series:	Isolated Futures , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	582,432
File size:	602 KB

About the Author

Koen Martens is a science fiction author and retired hacker with a degree in artificial intelligence. A software architect by day, Koen has worked with quantum computers, lithography machines, cloud servers and many other high-tech gadgets. Koen’s experience lends a great degree of realism to his writing and provides him with a healthy dose of scepticism towards mankind’s unhealthy relationship with technology.

Together with his husband, Koen lives in a small village near Utrecht, The Netherlands. In his spare time, he plays and restores pinball games, volunteers at a computer museum and hangs out with his friends from hackerspace Hack42. Koen regularly enjoys live jazz at concerts and festivals.