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Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,

After 12 months of writing and research, I’m excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella “Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles” with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so I’m both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.

Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andrés “PingStarved” Reyes, a 56-year-old. When mysterious forces target his old friend—a surveillance company CEO who sold out their shared ideals—and threaten to unleash chaos unless Andrés surrenders his greatest creation—a revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could free global communications—he faces an impossible choice.

What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:

Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based on actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies currently in development Authentic hacker culture representation - written by someone who lives it NO DRM - All formats are DRM-free because information wants to be free This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope resonates with our community. As someone who’s been hacking for years but never written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our culture into these pages.

Details:

29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read) Available in PDF and EPUB formats Price: $4.99 USD / €4.99 EUR DRM-FREE on all platforms Available at:

Gumroad (DRM-FREE): https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk Amazon Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPZ18STC Amazon Kindle Spain: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FPZ18STC Also available on Amazon in UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, and many other countries If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech we’re building today.

Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!

P.S. - For those who prefer open platforms, the Gumroad version comes with both PDF and EPUB, completely DRM-free. Support indie publishing and digital freedom!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35914217

Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,

After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.

Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andrés "PingStarved" Reyes, a 56-year-old hacker who must choose between protecting his estranged son and surrendering a revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could liberate global communications from corporate control.

What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:

• Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum)
• Based on actual security research and exploitation techniques
• Grounded in technologies currently in development
• Authentic hacker culture representation - written by someone who lives it
• NO DRM - All formats are DRM-free because information wants to be free

This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope resonates with our community. As someone who's been hacking for years but never written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our culture into these pages.

Details:

• 29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read)
• Available in PDF and EPUB formats
• Price: $4.99 USD / €4.99 EUR
• DRM-FREE on all platforms

Available at:

• Gumroad (DRM-FREE): https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
• Amazon Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPZ18STC
• Amazon Kindle Spain: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FPZ18STC
• Also available on Amazon in UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, and many other countries

If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're building today.

Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!

P.S. - For those who prefer open platforms, the Gumroad version comes with both PDF and EPUB, completely DRM-free. Support indie publishing and digital freedom!

Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,

After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.

Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andrés "PingStarved" Reyes, a 56-year-old hacker who must choose between protecting his estranged son and surrendering a revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could liberate global communications from corporate control.

What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:

• Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum)
• Based on actual security research and exploitation techniques
• Grounded in technologies currently in development
• Authentic hacker culture representation - written by someone who lives it
• NO DRM - All formats are DRM-free because information wants to be free

This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope resonates with our community. As someone who's been hacking for years but never written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our culture into these pages.

Details:

• 29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read)
• Available in PDF and EPUB formats
• Price: $4.99 USD / €4.99 EUR
• DRM-FREE on all platforms

Available at:

• Gumroad (DRM-FREE): https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
• Amazon Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPZ18STC
• Amazon Kindle Spain: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FPZ18STC
• Also available on Amazon in UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, and many other countries

If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're building today.

Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!

P.S. - For those who prefer open platforms, the Gumroad version comes with both PDF and EPUB, completely DRM-free. Support indie publishing and digital freedom!

publicado de forma cruzada desde: https://lemmy.ml/post/579873

publicado de forma cruzada desde: https://lemmy.ml/post/579872

publicado de forma cruzada desde: https://lemmy.ml/post/579871

This Friday Nov 4th, 2600 Madrid meetup! 7pm to 9 pm. The meetings are monthly worldwide, the first Friday of the month, where hackers and lovers of free and creative culture come together to talk, share ideas, projects, politics and about all aspects of technology. In a meeting for all, welcome to the curious who want to know what "hacker culture" really is https://2600.com/ @2600_madrid and for information on the event in Madrid 2600@hispagatos.org

for more info: https://2600.com/ https://hispagatos.space/@rek2/109274963270162295 https://mobilizon.public.cat/@2600_madrid https://www.2600.com/meetings