The Infernal Machine (2022)

Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipulation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences.

In The Infernal Machine, consciousness is carried by another substrate — a plane of “mythic Cold War quest”. The story fights on E8/E9/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing myth, coldwar, power, religion.