Mystery in the Metaverse Paperback – 4 August 2023
Nick Airus . Independently Published . English
Chief technical officer of Emergence A.I., Damien Zili has gone missing. He was last seen conducting a ceremony inside the metaverse. All that remains of him now is a trail of blood and intrigue throughout his all-glass mansion in the hills above Silicon Valley. FBI Special Agent Asher Bloom arrives at the scene to find an elaborate puzzle. It is sprawled throughout the bizarre mansion and inside futuristic virtual reality, accessible by Damien's high-tech VR room known as the "Metaverse Theater." While Agent Bloom investigates these ominous surroundings he discovers someone is targeting a "cult" nearing their goal of creating the world's first sentient "A.I. God." Jumping in and out of many worlds, real and simulated, Agent Bloom is thrust into a high stakes game to save humanity.
Categories: Literary Fiction
About the Author
Nick Airus’ uniquely relevant to the moment thrillers were spreading on Twitter when the “Deep State” (now disclosed in Congressional testimony and the so-called “Twitter Files”) coordinated an attack to ban his account and many like it in January of 2021. Biding his time, Nick is back on X (formerly known as Twitter) and rebuilding his audience despite adversity thanks to Elon Musk. Born Nicholas Robert Motzkus on Dec. 19th, 1988. Nick was raised in Salt Lake City and earned his degree in Philosophy from the University of Utah, but not before starring in his first feature film. He has been published by Philosophy Now and written screenplays and novels while working as an actor/producer in Los Angeles. He currently resides in Salt Lake City, where he works and writes. He loves to weave fictional characters into factual events. Nick calls his game-changing style "The Enlightenment Thriller."
