The Pystead Group

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A dynamic series opener featuring innovative technology and dystopian thriller elements</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>--Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(29 34 40 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A twisting near-future novel </span><em style=color: rgba(29 34 40 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Pystead Group</em><span style=color: rgba(29 34 40 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is both a chilling and thought-provoking dystopian read with plenty of future tech for traditional sci-fi fans to enjoy. Ultimately the author is casting a line of prophecy three decades into the future and presents a fascinating hypothesis of humanity's direction. The novel is clever creative and timely with enough sociological undertones to keep readers thinking long after they close the book. --Self-Publishing Review</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>By 2052 citizens of the U.S.A. live under an oppressive government and in fear of extremists. Seeking escape Philip Russell a young cognitive scientist takes a job with The Pystead Group a transnational company located in the West Indies. He becomes part of its illegal brain-scanning security program. On the streets of Charleston on Nevis Island Philip survives encounters with his company's enemies through resourceful use of Pystead's high-tech drones. On Pystead's campus Philip pursues romantic relations with two women; unknown to him one is the daughter of the group's founding principal.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>When Pystead reveals a Plan B with risks and unknowns Philip must dare to become a real-world person rather than a sheltered scientist if he is to join his new friends in escaping the world's dystopian era.</p>