The Soul Surgeon

Rafe Ozeki makes his living editing the minds of the dead — erasing memories, implanting false ones, reshaping the uploaded consciousnesses of the wealthy elite in the sprawling megacity of Tashkent Prime. He's the best black-market soul surgeon alive, and he's one job away from retirement. But when a corporate power broker hires him to modify the mind of a powerful CEO, Rafe discovers a secret that could shatter the foundations of society: the mind he's been asked to alter isn't human at all. Now trapped between a ruthless boardroom conspiracy and an artificial intelligence fighting for survival, Rafe must choose between self-preservation and doing what's right.