Jake Long, in: Ghost of Odessa

The system isn’t done with Jake Long.After the biggest payday of his life, Jake thought he’d finally won, until Amazon lobbied the government to money-print his fortune into scraps. Right across the street they built the Feminist Tower of Babel: a gleaming monument where men are quarantined, third-world migrants keep the DoorDash running, women rule with a velvet glove wrapped around unlimited sugar-free Xanax, while an AI keeps the whole illusion alive. The Tower covers Jakes view like a middle finger made of glass, steel, and estrogen: a reminder that no matter how big the score, the company will always take it.Jake is broke and desperate. And that’s when she walked in: a six-foot redhead that's nothing but trouble. She's running from a bloodthirsty Indian diaspora gang that wants to fuck her and kill her — and not necessarily in that order. Lucky for her, Jake needs a job.It's the sequel to the bestselling cyberpunk satire Softbone. It's The Ghost of Odessa.You can’t save the world.You can’t save your friends.You can’t even save a paycheck.But you can still save yourself. Read more