The Holographic Homicides (eBook)

A Seville Cyber-Archaeology Thriller

Diana Moreno (Autor)

Ai (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-070054-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Seville, 2142. The intoxicating scent of orange blossoms hangs heavy in the air, a stark contrast to the electric hum of holographic projectors that blanket the ancient city.  The Plaza del Triunfo shimmers under the Andalusian sun, transformed by layers of augmented reality.  At its heart, the meticulously reconstructed Augmented Alcázar allows visitors to experience Seville's vibrant past - to haggle in bustling medieval markets, witness the splendor of Isabella I's court, even face a charging bull.  But this digital echo of history has become a stage for murder.
Dr. Diana Moreno, a tech-archaeologist, grew up exploring the Alcázar's physical ruins. Now, she uses its augmented twin to uncover long-buried secrets.  Her quest takes a dark turn when tourists begin dying within the Augmented Alcázar, their digital avatars vanishing without a trace. Each death mirrors a historical tragedy, a chilling pattern that whispers of something far more sinister than system malfunction.
Diana finds an unlikely ally in Jacob Cline, a world-weary homicide detective haunted by a personal tragedy linked to AR technology.  His grounded cynicism clashes with Diana's digital immersion, forcing her to confront the tangible consequences of the virtual crimes. Together, they plunge into a world where history is weaponized, and the lines between past and present blur.
Their investigation leads them to Jessica Frost, the reclusive coding genius behind the Alcázar's AR, and Charles Fischer, a historian obsessed with a centuries-old conspiracy.  A hidden code, woven into the very fabric of the augmented reality, points to a secret society manipulating history to seize control of the future. Diana's deep connection to Seville's past, once her greatest strength, becomes her vulnerability as she becomes the killer's next target.
As the conspiracy unravels, Diana discovers a shocking truth: her own family history is intertwined with the Alcázar's dark secrets.  With the world on the brink of a digitally fabricated past, Diana and Jacob must race against time, deciphering clues hidden within flickering holograms.  Their pursuit takes them from the sun-drenched streets of Seville to the submerged data centers of Cádiz, and finally to a climactic confrontation within the Augmented Alcázar itself, where the fate of the future hangs in the balance.
In a world where reality and virtuality collide, Diana and Jacob must confront not only a digital ghost, but also the shadows of their own pasts. Can they expose the conspiracy and prevent history from being rewritten, or will they become the next victims of the holographic homicides?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.1.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-00-070054-1 / 0000700541
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-070054-4 / 9780000700544