[OC] Connection Timeout: A Cyberpunk Novella About Mesh Networks, Hacker Culture, and Fighting Surveillance Capitalism (DRM-FREE)
from rek2@lemmy.ml to cyberpunk@lemmy.ml on 09 Sep 20:01
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): rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
• Amazon Kindle US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPZ18STC
• Amazon Kindle Spain: 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!

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