Neon Veil - J.S. Holloway

When a parasitic AI tears through the city searching for a host, in Neo-Kyoto, everyone pays.

The Corps take your body, the city takes your soul, and the Veil is coming for what's left. Kael barely survives a data heist when a lethal adaptive AI tears through his crew and leaves something fatal behind. Darknet rumours say the AI was upgraded into something called Neon Veil.

The trail leads to Neon Babylon, where he crosses paths with Kaeda, a plus-size dancer owned by corporate indentured debt but lethal enough to survive. Together, they uncover the Veil's true nature: a digital predator spreading through networks, whispering through Kael's neural implant, and promising power in exchange for a host. Alongside netrunner Selene and foul-mouthed cybernetic enforcer Rin, Kael and Kaeda race to stop the Veil before it burrows too deep and takes too much.

Stylish and unexpectedly funny, Neon Veil is a cyberpunk thriller for fans of gritty action, rogue AI horror, and found families of outcasts with nothing left to lose.