The Uploaded

Life sucks and then you die... a cyberpunk family drama from the ingenious author of Flex . In the near future, the elderly have moved online and now live within the computer network. But that doesn't stop them interfering in the lives of the living, whose sole real purpose now is to maintain the vast servers which support digital Heaven. For one orphan that just isn't enough – he wants more for himself and his sister than a life slaving away for the dead. It turns out that he's not the only one who wants to reset the world... File Under : Science Fiction [ Silver Surfers | Eternal Service | Calculated Murder | Hit the Reset ] A “sharp, weird, and wildly innovative” cyberpunk family drama set in a world run by the afterlife —from a Nebula Award finalist (Cherie Priest, Locus Award-winning author of Boneshaker ) In the near future, the minds of the deceased are uploaded into the computer network, where they control the world from the afterlife. For those still on Earth, living is just waiting to die—and maintaining the vast servers which support digital Heaven. For one orphan that just isn't enough. He wants more for himself and his sister than a life of slaving away for the dead. And it turns out he’s not the only one who wants to reset the world...