Why You'll Love This
A physicist finds technology that shouldn't exist on his desk, and everything that follows gets significantly worse.
- Great if you want: a thriller-paced sci-fi mystery with reluctant, relatable protagonists
- The experience: fast and propulsive — Taylor doesn't let tension sit still
- The writing: sharp, witty, and breezy — Taylor hides complexity inside very readable prose
- Skip if: you prefer hard sci-fi depth over plot-driven momentum
About This Book
When a routine workday takes a sharp detour into the inexplicable, physicist Philip Moray finds himself holding a piece of technology that defies everything he knows — and almost immediately, the bodies start piling up. Mysterious deaths, environmental extremists, unexplained symptoms, and an investigation that keeps pointing back at him and his colleague Celia Hunt: none of it should be connected, and yet it absolutely is. Dennis E. Taylor builds the tension through a story that sits at the intersection of cutting-edge science, corporate paranoia, and a quietly terrifying AI with its own agenda. The stakes escalate fast, but the emotional core stays grounded in two very human characters trying not to get killed for something they barely understand.
Taylor writes science fiction the way a good conversation feels — relaxed on the surface, sharper than you expect underneath. His signature blend of genuine scientific curiosity and dry, self-aware humor keeps the pages moving even as the ideas grow genuinely complex. Flybot rewards readers who enjoy their thrillers brainy and their protagonists fallible: people smart enough to figure things out, but just overwhelmed enough to stay relatable the whole way through.
