"Advent Blue" is a near-term science fiction thriller from multi-award winning author Roland Allnach. Will Fortner, a reclusive data manager, works for the global tech conglomerate of the Choice Institute. His job entails interpreting webs of data to provide clients with highly informed decisions on contracted queries. Not only has this made him a man of considerable wealth, he has also learned that not all of what he sees - much less recommends to his clients - is not necessarily to their personal advantage. This experience has led to his cynicism and disdain for the world but, when he is recruited for a particularly delicate yet far more lucrative query, he is forced to take on an Institute supplied companion to ensure his stability. Mirai Redwater, his assigned companion, is both clever and forthright, and soon becomes an indispensable companion as Will is drawn deeper into the entanglements of the Choice Institute. With each step forward the question looms if he's being supported or manipulated to some greater, and much darker, scheme. What to do, when the things you crave hearken fulfillment while threatening your
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