False Romance

Austin, Texas. 2038. Nicholas designs machines that replace people, at X.Robotech. He lives in the nicest part of town with his wife, his two kids, and a border collie who looks a little dumb. And he sleeps very well at night, despite his little rich-man problems.

When his old buddy from MIT shows up with the prototype of a household assistant and asks him to test it at home, he agrees without needing much persuading. Out of technical curiosity. Out of vanity. Because he is bored. Never suspecting that he has just brought into his house the object that will corrupt a good part of humanity.

False Romance is not bland science fiction. It is unfiltered political near-future fiction, where a capitalism running out of breath plays its last card to protect its leaders. None of the technology described here was invented. It already exists, or is being developed. That is what makes this book useful for getting a better grip on our near future.

Raw, funny, vicious, fast-paced, surprising. No concessions.

Matt Lechien is the creator of punk-fiction: writing that refuses to choose between the story and the pamphlet. You think you are boarding for a simple story, and you come out with your mind boiling.