Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller continues her Dark Intercept science fiction series with Dark Mind Rising, a thrilling, speculative murder mystery set in a chilling future where citizens believe they're free after years of emotional surveillance only to discover a killer is targeting their deepest fears.
When the state is no longer watching, what will you give to feel safe?
New Earth, 2296. Two years after the destruction of a universal surveillance system called the Intercept, New Earth struggles to keep crime under control. The citizens are free, but not protected.
Violet Crowley, the eighteen-year-old daughter of New Earth's founder, has opened Crowley & Associates, a private detective agency, to handle the overflow from the overburdened police force.
Violet's first case--a death written off as a suicide--becomes an obsession. Soon a series of similar deaths leads Violet to believe the Intercept is not only still running--it's in the hands of a killer.
"In this fast-paced book, Julia Keller shows she's at the top of her game--and her game is creating chills and absolute terror." --New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine
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Praise for The Dark Intercept:
"A dazzling, thought-provoking vision of the future that raises the question: Is safety worth the sacrifice of freedom?" --Booklist
"The Dark Intercept grabbed me from the first page and shook me until the last. A riveting and suspenseful story of love, risk, and betrayal." --EMMY LAYBOURNE, author of Berserker, Sweet, and the Monument 14 trilogy
"A chilling and thought-provoking look at the power of weaponized emotion." --MELISSA LANDERS, author of the Alienated trilogy
"Both cautionary and hopeful." --GENNIFER ALBIN, New York Times bestselling author of the Crewel World trilogy
"A stormy, spine-tingling ride." --BLUE BALLIETT, author of Chasing Vermeer