Killswitch Protocol

De: M. J. Kuhn

Narrado por: Laura Jennings

A cyberpunk novel from M. J. Kuhn. Logan's Run meets The Giver with a dash of Cyberpunk 2077.

In New Avarita, every person is born with a purpose. Once fulfilled, they are eligible for Ascent, a peaceful passing and assumed rebirth on the next plane of existence, celebrated for having left their perfect mark upon the world.

At least, that's what the powers that be want them to believe.

When Liv Spencer's husband reaches Ascent under more than suspicious circumstances, she doesn't feel like celebrating—she wants revenge. Her path takes her deep into the neon-drenched streets of New Avarita's seedy underbelly, a world filled with black-market cybernetics, synthetic drugs, and people who see Ascent for what it truly is: a killswitch.

Liv is soon embroiled in an anarchist plot to overthrow the ruling body of New Avarita, but the further she sinks into this world, the blurrier the line between "righteous rebellion" and "terrorism" begins to grow. With hundreds of thousands of innocent lives on the line, Liv must find a way to strike back against the fascist rule of the shadowy figures controlling New Avarita without getting flagged for Ascent herself.

©2026 M.J. Kuhn

I may have found my book of the year

Killswitch Protocol may be one of my favorite books this year. It’s a deeply character-driven story, with a quick pace, delivered through a fantastic cyberpunk setting. Perhaps most importantly, it leads with hope. To me, this book reads like a scream—f*** the system—but the answer isn’t to burn it all down. It’s to work toward something better.

A fantastic cyberpunk

This is a really great story with unexpected, brutal twists and tons of lovely banter.