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Hello fellow GNU/Linux, privacy activist, hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts, Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, my apologies but I think many here
will enjoy this.

After 12 months of writing and research, IrCOm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella rCLConnection Timeout: The PingStarved ChroniclesrCY with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so IrCOm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.

Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andr|-s rCLPingStarvedrCY Reyes, a 56-year-old.
When mysterious forces target his old friendrCoa surveillance company CEO who sold out their shared idealsrCoand threaten to unleash chaos unless Andr|-s surrenders his greatest creationrCoa revolutionary mesh networking protocol that
could free global communicationsrCohe faces an impossible choice.

What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:

Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based on actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies currently in development Authentic hacker culture representation - written by someone who lives it NO DRM - All formats are DRM-free because information wants to be free This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope resonates with our community. As someone whorCOs been hacking for years but never written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our culture into these pages.

Details:

Non big-tech platform:
- Gumroad (DRM-FREE): https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk Amazon Kindle US:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPZ18STC
Amazon Kindle Spain:
- https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FPZ18STC

Also available on Amazon in UK, Germany,
France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, and many other countries.

If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar themes
of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech werCOre building today.

Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!

P.S. - For those who prefer open platforms, the Gumroad version comes with both PDF and EPUB, completely DRM-free. Support indie publishing and digital freedom!


Happy Hacking
ReK2
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On 10/7/2025 3:14 PM, ReK2 Hispagatos wrote:

Hello fellow GNU/Linux, privacy activist, hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts, Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, my apologies but I think many here
will enjoy this.

After 12 months of writing and research, IrCOm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella rCLConnection Timeout: The PingStarved ChroniclesrCY with this community. This is my first time publishing
fiction, so IrCOm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.

Sounds interesting, I'm just not a novel reader.
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Joel W. Crump
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At Tue, 7 Oct 2025 19:14:45 -0000 (UTC), ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui> wrote:

Hello fellow GNU/Linux, privacy activist, hackers and cyberpunk
enthusiasts, Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, my apologies but I
think many here will enjoy this.

Very interesting. Bought it on Kindle -- I feel authors should
be compensated for their work.

Also, makes it easy to read on my devices. Thank you for
ensuring it will open properly on the Kindle web reader -- some
books I own have to be read with the app, and they don't have
one for Linux.

(No more new text below, I just included it for posterity.)

After 12 months of writing and research, IrCOm excited (and honestly a
bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella rCLConnection
Timeout: The PingStarved ChroniclesrCY with this community. This is my
first time publishing fiction, so IrCOm both shy and thrilled to
finally put it out there.

Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andr|-s rCLPingStarvedrCY Reyes, a 56-year-old. When mysterious forces target his old friendrCoa
surveillance company CEO who sold out their shared idealsrCoand
threaten to unleash chaos unless Andr|-s surrenders his greatest
creationrCoa revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could free
global communicationsrCohe faces an impossible choice.

What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:

Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based
on actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies currently in development Authentic hacker culture
representation - written by someone who lives it NO DRM - All formats
are DRM-free because information wants to be free This has been a
labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance
against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope
resonates with our community. As someone whorCOs been hacking for years
but never written fiction before, I poured everything I know and
believe about our culture into these pages.

Details:

Non big-tech platform: - Gumroad (DRM-FREE): https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk Amazon Kindle
US: - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPZ18STC Amazon Kindle Spain: - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FPZ18STC

Also available on Amazon in UK, Germany,
France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, and many other countries.

If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this
explores similar themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty,
and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech werCOre
building today.

Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks
for reading!

P.S. - For those who prefer open platforms, the Gumroad version comes
with both PDF and EPUB, completely DRM-free. Support indie publishing
and digital freedom!

Happy Hacking
ReK2

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ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui> news:10c3or5$1qdsl$3@matrix.hispagatos.org Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:14:45 GMT
in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:

Hello fellow GNU/Linux, privacy activist, hackers and cyberpunk
enthusiasts, Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, my apologies but I think
many here will enjoy this.

I don't really know anyone from this newsgroup that well. However, I meet atleast three of the aforementioned criteria for your target audience. <G>

[snip]

Non big-tech platform:
- Gumroad (DRM-FREE):
https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk Amazon Kindle
US: - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPZ18STC
Amazon Kindle Spain:
- https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FPZ18STC

Also available on Amazon in UK, Germany,
France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, and many other countries.

If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and
technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're
building today.

I've never read them...I have bookmarked the gumroad link and am considering forking the small amount requested for a copy though.

Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!

I will do that if I read your book. I've marked this post of yours so I can reference it in the event I do.

P.S. - For those who prefer open platforms, the Gumroad version comes
with both PDF and EPUB, completely DRM-free. Support indie publishing
and digital freedom!

Just for clarification...By DRM free will the PDF version allow me to make an actual hard copy printout?

Happy Hacking

Likewise! :)
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Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government

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