NEURAL BOUNTY: A Space Western Noir Thriller Seven years hunting the galaxy's worst. This time, she's hunting herself... Kassidy Reyez doesn't ask questions about her past. She hunts bounties, collects her geld, and keeps her demons locked down tight. But when a corporate contract sends her after a simple tech thief, her carefully constructed life starts unraveling faster than a hyperdrive in a plasma storm. Her target: Rask Voren, a Stygian Duster who stole prototype neural tech. Her problem: Every step closer to him triggers memories that shouldn't exist. Her countdown: Andrasian black sites don't lose experiments. They retrieve them. White walls. Clinical voices. "Subject A-Seven, respond." As Kassidy tracks her prey through the lawless frontier between three empires, she discovers the hunt for Voren and the stolen tech hides a darker question: who was she before seven years ago? Before someone gutted her mind and left her with combat skills she can't explain and instincts that terrify her. In a galaxy where the Galactic Federation plays politics, the Ethnarch Kingdom treats women as property, and the Andrasian Republik experiments on human consciousness, Kassidy must decide: Is she the hunter or the hunted? And when she finds out who stole her past and left her with only seven years of memories, will she thank them or paint the stars with their blood? From Daniel P. Douglas, author of Smuggler's Rebellion , comes a brutal noir thriller where memory is commodity and identity is the ultimate weapon. CONTENT WARNING: This novel contains violence that would make a Stygian Duster duck and cover, language sharp enough to cut durasteel, and zero patience for anyone who thinks consciousness is a commodity. Book II in the Wild Frontier Chronicles . Can be read as a standalone. Fans of Altered Carbon , Firefly , and The Mandalorian should add Neural Bounty to their reading list! Perfect for readers who like their sci-fi served with: Morally gray protagonists who shoot first - Whiskey-soaked noir atmosphere in zero gravity - Identity crises with body counts - Frontier justice at hyper-drive speeds - Female characters who'd rather break your face than your heart Fans of Richard K. Morgan , Martha Wells , Becky Chambers , and anyone who misses the hell out of Cowboy Bebop —this one's for you. " Neural Bounty: A Space Western Noir Thriller is one of the year's best thrillers" — BestThrillers Book Awards " Neural Bounty is noir storytelling at lightspeed, with a heroine as dangerous as the secrets that haunt her. Douglas crafts a galaxy scarred by politics, empires, and experiments on the human mind; then drops Kassidy Reyez right into its heart. Brutal action collides with raw vulnerability as she hunts a thief who might hold the key to her identity. Fierce, cinematic, and relentless, this is sci-fi for readers who like their stories sharp-edged and unforgiving." — NewInBooks I absolutely loved Neural Bounty by Daniel P. Douglas. I was immediately pulled into the action by Kassidy's sassy narration and the skillful direct dialogue. "You want to know what'll keep you breathing out here? Shut up and pay attention." She's a no-holds barred, gun-toting space cowgirl with attitude and unpredictability in her genes. - KT Bowes, Readers' Favorite The character development is exceptional, featuring a cast of memorable individuals who are easy to root for and a quirky ship with a mind of its own. The book maintains an adrenaline-pumping pace, and the concise writing style, coupled with excellent world-building, makes it hard to put down. With vibes reminiscent of Blade Runner and Firefly , Neural Bounty is a fantastic read for fans of space westerns and science fiction. - Gaius Konstantine for Readers' Favorite I was swept up in a dark, gritty world of high-stakes and hard-boiled action, a lawless cosmos, futuristic tech, betrayal, secrets, bounty hunters, outlaws, antiheroes, gambling dens, and more. - Keith Mbuya, Readers' Favorite FROM KASSIDY REYEZ ON BEHALF OF THE AUTHOR     A NOTE TO WHOEVER'S HOLDING THIS BOOK   Listen up, because I don't do this sharing feelings show often. You want to know why this story exists? Simple. Some indie-author named Douglas found my case files scattered across three frontier stations and decided they'd make a "compelling narrative." I told him to take a long walk out a short airlock. He offered me 20 percent royalties and a case of Callistoan whiskey.   I'm not proud. I took the whiskey.   THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTH   Here's what Douglas didn't change: every scar, every plasma burn, every nightmare fueled moment where I discovered my brain had more locks than a maximum security prison. He kept the ugly parts because—and I quote—"authenticity sells."   Know what else sells? Not having your memories carved up like a carcass in a scrapyard by some psychopath with a medical degree and a god complex.   WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE A DAMN   T