Christopher

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Christopher Valkenburg is an English novelist ​based in Eastern Europe, where he writes copy for ​one of the Big Four. After film school, he worked ​around the world as a film Gaffer, lighting TV ​commercials, music videos and feature films. His ​non-literary interests include Art Deco design, ​Soviet Brutalist architecture and classical music. ​EMPYREAN is his debut novel.

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Some people deserve to die. Marci Kovács chooses who.

Budapest, AD2132. In a city this big, opportunities for ​promotion are rare unless you’re willing to do anything, and ​Kovács is. As an Adjudicant, he oversees state computer ​MARTHA's Employee liquidation program. The winners get a ​shot at eternal life. The rest end up as statistics.


MARTHA is infallible—so Marci believes. That’s until ​colleague Alex discovers eighty-three murders concealed in ​her archives. The link? All had friends or relatives who ​vanished overnight. No mean feat in a sealed city.


But Alex and Marci aren’t the only ones intent on learning ​the truth. And the deeper they delve, the closer they come ​to unravelling a conspiracy that threatens the lives of ​millions—starting with their own.

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