Sophie's Sacrifice — the prequel to the Digital Ghosts series — is yours free when you join the reader list.
In 2087 New Shanghai, neural researcher Dr. Sophie Shen Yaxin discovers that her life's work has been weaponized. What she does next will set everything in motion.
Her brother Cal won't find out for three years.
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A cyberpunk noir built around grief, consciousness, and what connection means when the body is gone.
Set in the vertical megacity of New Shanghai, 2087 — where corporations own the infrastructure, a city AI called CURATOR manages thirty-five million citizens, and one family's secrets are about to become the most dangerous thing in the system.
All 4 Books will be exclusively released on Amazon Kindle and Amazon Kindle Select initially. To be released to other sources at a later date.
Sophie's Sacrifice — Prequel — Free with reader list signup
The Neural Thief — Book One — Available July 2026
Neural Harvest — Book Two — Coming Soon
Conscious Resistance — Book Three — Coming Soon
Synthetic Salvation — Book Four — Coming Soon
About Patrick Hasley
Patrick Hasley writes literary cyberpunk fiction set at the intersection of grief, consciousness, and the question of what we owe the people we love.
His Digital Ghosts series follows the Shen family across a five-book arc set in New Shanghai, 2087 — a vertical megacity of two hundred levels where corporations manage everything from neural implants to the city AI, and where one woman's decision to transfer her consciousness into the system sets a chain of events in motion that will take four books and one brother's complete dismantling of his survival strategy to resolve.
Digital Ghosts is his debut series.
Patrick Hasley has worn many hats in his life ranging from construction and roofing to a Gandy Dancer (fancy title for someone who manually laid railroad tracks) as well as restaurant and fast food management. However the largest portion of is life was spent in Information Technology.