Joseph Picard

Daughter of Erebus: Sparrow

Now out in hardcover, soft cover, and kindle! (And KindleUnlimited)
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMRS7JCK

Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0GMRS7JCK

A new digital entity is carving a path of deaths to satisfy its agenda...
And Sarah is suspect #1.

Join her as she's forced to abandon her humanoid body and take to the skies. Discovering things about her loved ones and herself have to take a back burner as long as the city is in danger from this new electrical threat.

Find all my books (Paperback, hardcover, Kindle e-books, or Audible) at

Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.ca

NOW BACK ON KINDLE UNLIMITED!!!

Nanotech abuses, flesh repurposed, digital entities, light FF romcom, monsters, y'know, fun.

A 40-story deep bomb shelter, 2000 people cut off for 133 years. Fun and tragic ignorances abound.

Sarah exists in the wake of the Erebus incidents, benefiting from her nanotech origins, and hunted for existing.

I invite you into my tales of speculative fiction.

There's a little adventure, a little science, a touch of romance, and a few touches of horror here and there. I of course invite feedback, and encourage reviews and word of mouth. I'm a lil guy. Every bit helps.

More details on each book can be found on other pages on this site or by clicking the series images near the top.
Even my books that are parts of a series are readable as solos.

Note: My books have A.I. characters in them, but the writing and covers are all me. Except the models. But they're human too. The voices in my audio books aren't me either, but they're still human.

Links below are for each book as provided through Amazon.com, and .Ca.

These are listed in release order, with my first book, Lifehack, at the top.

Lifehack
(book 1 of 3 in the Lifehack series)
[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

Regan faces legions of nanotech-controlled corpses in search of her brother. As the zombies' creator reached out to threaten the world, Regan also faces her new crush, Captain Alisia Teone. She isn't interested.

Watching Yute
(book 2 of 3 in the Lifehack series)
[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

Cassidy takes a new post while the rest of the nation is still reeling from the nanotech disasters of two years ago. One rogue scientist flounders to erase his experiments and, in the process, inflicts tragedy upon Cassidy. A new A.I. entity emerges in the chaos, but amidst it all, Cassidy's greatest foe is her own grief.

Echoes of Erebus
(book 3 of 3 in the Lifehack series)
[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

At first intent on revenge, the A.I. that carries the mind of Lifehack's massacres pulls itself together. In the planning stages, he also 'gives birth' to Sarah, who attempts a human life. The legacy of her 'father' rises around her, threatening the lives of her found family, the city, and beyond.

Rubberman's Cage
(book 1 of 3 in the Rubberman series)
[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

Lenth grew up knowing four rooms, three Brothers, and the rubber-suited overseer above the grated ceiling. This was Lenth's world. This was normal.

Until a Brother dies, and the ceiling above the ceiling opens briefly and reveals a fourth human, and the existence of things beyond Lenth's little world.

Rubberman's Citizens
(book 2 of 3 in the Rubberman series)
[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

One quarantined section of the facility is reviled and feared, with good reason. The Citizens are ruled by one little dictator after another, who inflict humiliation and cruelty to maintain power.
-Until Leena discovers a weakness in the current ruler. Until Leena learns 'rebellion'.

Rubberman's Exodus
(book 3 of 3 in the Rubberman series)
[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

The facility had protected the people from the remains of war, and the Enemy for over a century. This was arguably 'fine' (it isn't,) until the generator ran out of fuel.

Now, while Chief Engineer Tara and her close partner Sasha try to squeeze every last bit of juice out of the backups, the entire population will have to face harsh realities about their society and the world when they reach out to the surface for help.

RUBBERMAN'S EXODUS IS OUT ON AUDIBLE!

https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermans-Exodus-Rubberman-Book-3/dp/B0D8R5YLJ8/

Hear voice actor Tina Smith read Rubberman's Exodus, leading us through the trials of the generational bomb-shelter as they face the facts. The generator ran out of fuel after over a hundred years, forcing all 2000+ residents to face the ignorance baked into their regressed society.

Chief Engineer Tara and her partner Sasha stuggle against outdated tech, agoraphobia, needing to count on outsiders, and the Enemy.

Exploration, both whimisical and dreadful, await as they all come to terms with long-hidden truths.

Rubberman's Exodus

[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

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133 years. Time is up.

Lead Engineer Tara and her partner Sasha face the coming end of the facility's generator. For generations, it has served thousands of people who have been hiding underground from the ravages of the war, and the lingering Enemy above.

Up and down the Grand Elevator, through the entire facility, every resident's life will be shaken when the generator sparks its last amp.

The Great Actual, the anarchistic Citizens, and all of the regressed sub-societies in between will have to face the unknowns of the surface.

Old fears will pale against new circumstances beyond their imagination, and new attention brings judgement upon all...

Nanotech abuses, flesh repurposed, digital entities, light FF romcom, monsters, y'know, fun.

A 40-story deep bomb shelter, 2000 people cut off for 133 years. Fun and tragic ignorances abound.

Sarah exists in the wake of the Erebus incidents, benefiting from her nanotech origins, and hunted for existing.

Lifehack(book 1 of 3 in the Lifehack series)[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

Watching Yute(book 2 of 3 in the Lifehack series)[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

Echoes of Erebus(book 3 of 3 in the Lifehack series)[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

Rubberman's Cage(book 1 of 3 in the Rubberman series)[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]

Rubberman's Citizens(book 2 of 3 in the Rubberman series)[Amazon.com] [Amazon.ca]