The Cloud
by Robert Rivenbark
March 18-21
In twenty-second century L.A. dominated by The Cloud, every imaginable pleasure is accessible—yet the entire world can vanish in a single upload.
That choice rests in one man’s hands.
Blaise, a brilliant but tormented VR programmer, is trying to forget his violent past as a special forces commando by throwing himself into creating VR fantasies. He finds himself tempted by his megalomaniac boss, who offers him wealth, power, and eternal life in exchange for coding a new VR series that will addict and eliminate billions of “unproductives.”
Caught between joining those who want to bring down the ruling Cloud regime in Hong Kong, or accepting the offer of personal immortality, Blaise finds himself flanked by two relentless women—a psychic hacker risking overwhelming personal odds to save humanity from annihilation, and the other using her extraordinary carnal wiles to accelerate the final triumph of The Cloud. Ultimately, Blaise must reembrace his violent warrior nature in a desperate bid to destroy it.
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About the Author
Robert Rivenbark earned a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Antioch University, after winning a full academic scholarship to study for two years in Oxford and London, England, based on his winning short story collection. He returned to the U.S. for a career in journalism and advertising, and worked as a senior copywriter and video producer for some of America’s most prestigious advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
His novel The Cloud won First Place in the science fiction category in the San Antonio Writers Guild 27th Annual Writing Contest. He subsequently secured exclusive representation from Hollywood literary manager/producer Ken Atchity of The Story Merchant and Atchity Productions LLC. Atchity is developing The Cloud as a feature film, in partnership with film financer Howard R. Shuster, founder of Major Studio Partners LLC (MSP)–which has financed more than 300 films, including James Cameron’s Avatar, Bryan Singer’s Bohemian Rhapsody, James Mangold’s Ford vs. Ferrari, and Michael Mann’s Heat. Robert is expanding The Cloud into a novel trilogy, also suitable for screen adaptation.
