BURNER
THE NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL thriller by by Mike trigg. Available APRIL 16, 2024. ORDER TODAY.
SUMMARY
Shane Stoller is an outcast. Abandoned, ignored, and exploited, he rationalizes his petty crimes against a world that seems perpetually stacked against him. Chloe Corbin is a billionaire socialite. Despite her fame, fortune, and celebrity, she finds her life empty and unfulfilling.
Increasingly disillusioned, Shane fosters an online persona, fueled by a combination of grievance, righteousness, and anonymity, that empowers him to rectify the societal wrongs he sees. Motivated by her own agenda, Chloe becomes an unexpected conspirator, enabling Shane to perpetuate an elaborate misdeed that cascades into an ideological movement beyond anyone’s control.
Burner is a mind-bending thriller that dives headfirst into our modern online zeitgeist of social media disinformation, toxic internet subcultures, and the human need for belonging, purpose, and love in an age of distorted electronic personas. The story confronts the loss of the American dream and the societal factors behind it, including wealth inequality, lack of opportunity, and cultural prejudices. At the same time, it is a tragic love story, asking the question of whether real human connection is inherently incompatible with our addiction to online esteem.
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PRAISE FOR BURNER
“Trigg’s searing, all-too-believable novel reads like a gripping true-crime story . . . readers can expect to be pulled in quickly . . .”
—BookLife Reviews, Editor’s Pick
“Burner is a fascinating thriller in which an online movement swallows up the person who started it.”
“An informed, interesting, and well-paced novel set in a world very similar to our own, Mike Trigg's BURNER is a cautionary tale for the digital age.”
—IndieReader, IR Approved
“Political unrest, paranoia, conspiracies, and internet culture—Trigg has brought them all together into a killer novel more relevant now than ever. An absolute page-turner.”
—Tosca Lee, NYT bestselling author of The Line Between
“A man arrested for domestic terrorism and a woman abducted by his followers lead the cast in Mike Trigg’s latest spine tingler. In Burner, Trigg pulls back the curtain on toxic internet stardom and shows how in the wrong hands it can be used to feed political unrest. A powerful, pulse-pounding tale that hits uncomfortably close to home.”
—Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of The Paris Widow and Three Days Missing
“Masterfully plotted and thoroughly absorbing, Burner delves into the toxicity of an internet obsessed culture and the dangers of relying on technology for validation and human connection. A thrilling and timely cautionary tale for the digital age, I was hooked from the first page.”
—Lindsay Cameron, author of Just One Look and No One Needs to Know
“Mike Trigg takes a timely look at the world of social media and the propaganda that results from that bias. Great characters and an unpredictable narrative make Burner a must-add to your thriller reading pile!”
—A.J. Landau, author of Leave No Trace
“In Burner, Mike Trigg shines a light on homegrown domestic terrorism in a way seldom seen before. This thought-provoking thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat. I couldn't put it down. If you are interested in the shadowy world of domestic violent extremism and how it affects us all, read this book."
—Frank Runles, FBI Supervisory Special Agent (Retired), bestselling author of Lies People Tell: An FBI Agent’s Toolkit for Catching Liars and Cheats
“Political unrest and domestic terrorism—Mike Trigg gives us a compelling look into the not-so-distant future. Burner sizzles with tension and reveals the high price of extremism in our digital culture. A must read.”
—James L’Etoile, award winning author of Devil Within and Face of Greed
“Mike Trigg is fast becoming the go-to writer for high-tech thrillers that lay bare the perils of our digital age. Burner is no exception. Readers are in for a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet set against a San Francisco simmering in a stew of toxic social media conspiracies, wealth disparity, and political unrest. Buckle up; it’s going to be a bumpy ride."
—Evette Davis, Author of 48 States and the Council Trilogy
“Mike Trigg knows how to tell stories that keep you in suspense but also make you think deeply—about culture, politics, ethics, and about who the good and bad guys really are. What does it take to survive in a post-truth world where violent extremism and corruption rule the day? You owe it to yourself to read Burner and find out!”
—Jude Berman, author of The Die
Bit Flip
The CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CORPORATE THRILLER by Mike trigg. Available NOW!
Summary
Silicon Valley tech executive Sam Hughes is reaching a breaking point. When an on-stage meltdown sends Sam into a professional tailspin, he suddenly sees the culture of the Bay Area’s tech bubble in a new, cynical light. Just as he’s wondering if his startup career is over at fortysomething, an inadvertent discovery pulls Sam back into his former company, where he begins to unravel the insidious schemes of the founder and venture investors. On his journey of redemption, Sam discovers a conspiracy of fraud, blackmail, and manipulation that leads to tragic outcomes and threatens to destroy the company. Entangled in a web of complicity, how far will Sam go to achieve his dreams of entrepreneurial success and personal wealth?
Bit Flip is a page-turning corporate thriller with the keen insights and satirical tone of literary fiction. The story grapples with topical issues facing modern American society, including the dominance of Big Tech, wealth inequality, corruption, sexism, greed, and the loss of privacy.
For more, read the author’s Q&A and subscribe to receive updates on Bit Flip and upcoming novels. A Bit Flip Discussion Guide is available here.
Bit Flip has received widespread critical acclaim, including five star reviews by Foreword Clarion Reviews, IndieReader, and the Manhattan Book Review. It was also named to the Staff’s Best of 2022 by the Palo Alto City Library.
Bit Flip is available anywhere you buy books. I encourage you to support your local independent bookseller (mine in the Bay Area are Books Inc., Book Passage, and Kepler’s). Also available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target and other national retailers.
Ebook available on Apple, Kindle and Google Play.
Audiobook available on Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books.
PRAISE FOR BIT FLIP
“Bit Flip is a crisis-of-conscience tale, a twisty, acerbic corporate thriller…”
“As much a compelling narrative as it is a critical analysis of contemporary capitalism, this story worries over the coming future, in which technology could take over much of what people used to do. This helps to make Bit Flip an engrossing novel that satirizes the pretensions of tech bros and billionaires.”
“Mike Trigg’s novel Bit Flip is exceptionally well-written, with a satisfying balance of action, intrigue, back story, characterization, and description. He weaves together several compelling story elements, some of them technical in nature, with ease and the manner in which he wraps up the narrative is both concise and provocative.”
—IndieReader, IR Approved
“In Bit Flip, Trigg aims some wickedly smart satire at the dark beating heart of Silicon Valley, and exposes a lot of moral gray areas along the way. This is the kind of book that’ll make you very afraid—and very angry—about the win-at-all-costs ethos at the core of our self-righteous tech culture.”
—Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse and The Paradox Hotel
“Trigg has worked magic here, combining elements of Citizen Kane and Silicon Valley into a readable bullet of a book. This is a razor-sharp satire with a huge heart.”
—Joshua Mohr, author of All This Life and Damascus
“In Bit Flip, Trigg shines a light on the often-toxic tech community and walks a fascinating tightrope, deftly mixing insider knowledge with an outlier's moral observations. Just as 1s switch to 0s and back again, Trigg's characters challenge us to examine the complicated, false binary between right and wrong.”
—Adam Nemett, author of We Can Save Us All
“A searing exposé of one man’s journey into the heart of Silicon Valley darkness. Trigg, with heart, levity, and deftness, portrays a culture driven by one seemingly innocent question: ‘why-can’t-that-happen-to-me?’ A culture where there is no failure, there is only trying again, and again, until all the Kool-aid is gone. One might think it preposterous if it wasn’t frighteningly real. A slow burn that sneaks up and bowls you over in the end.”
—Jackie Townsend, author of Riding High in April
“Mike Trigg turns Silicon Valley upside down in a bitingly funny, sharply observant tale of dark corporate intrigue lurking beneath dazzling California sunshine. With vivid storytelling and propulsive narrative, Bit Flip grabs you from the first page and keeps you hooked until its unforgettable end.”
—Margaret O'Mara, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
“Bit Flip is a fantastic page-turner from start to finish. Readers will be rooting for Sam as every decision he makes pushes him down further into the rabbit hole.”
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