Author & Recovering Engineer
After thirty years of professional software development, I realised the real thing I wanted to say wouldn’t fly at work, but my work could inspire what I really wanted to write.
Human Software grew out of that feeling. A wry look at the human behind the systems and the games corporations play. As one industry reviewer put it, “freaked me out more than any Stephen King”. It’s available now in all good bookshops and via Kindle.
I’m now writing the follow-up. You can follow my progress by subscribing to my newsletter. I’m also on Bluesky and on Substack.
What happens when the system decides you’re no longer needed?
BETH WALTERS has kept Gerbach’s IT systems running through skill, stubbornness and too many sleepless nights. She works hard to support her family and community.
CHRISSIE HEGARTY is a new executive on a mission. She’s flown in from New York with a mandate, a deadline, and little patience for sentiment. She’s done this before. She knows how it ends.
They are not enemies. Not yet.
“Vivid world-building and well-rounded characters. I found myself completely hooked.”
RUSSELL MCLEAN, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning Producer
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