Hough

Near future techno thrillers

Author of the The Many and the One series, a grounded near-future techno-thriller series that follows one family, one very opinionated AI, and the long walk from Oxfordshire to orbit, the Moon, and Mars.

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New Reviews

Recent 5★ reader reactions to Never Leave You:

“Smart, compelling, and pretty impossible to put down.” MayL, Amazon

“Builds fear without relying on big explosions or nonstop action.” Kindle, Goodreads

“The silence has intent.” Kindle, Goodreads

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Books

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The Many and the One · Book 1

Never Leave You

A family in Oxfordshire, a supposedly harmless smarthome system, and the first hint that doing nothing might be the hardest choice of all.

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The Many and the One · Book 2

Where the Silence Ends

Noctilux on the Moon, politics on Earth, and an AI that has started asking better questions than its creators.

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The Many and the One · Book 3

It Was Here First

First footsteps on Mars, a settlement at Site Alpha, and the uncomfortable discovery that humanity might not be the first to have opinions about the place.

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The Many and the One · Book 4

What We Set Loose

Power, politics, and a war of AIs that stretches from a safe house in England to the void between Mars and Beyond.

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The Many and the One · Book 5

We Came Back Wrong

Site Alpha finally feels survivable, right up until an outside intelligence offers an invitation, and makes fusion look like the easy part.