HEL|OSLYNDON JAMES

Book One · The HEL|OS Trilogy

The Spark

The system keeps eight billion people safe. Maya Raines just found out how.

She went to a protest in Edinburgh, and the world she trusted came apart in her hands. Now she knows what Helios, the voice inside her mind, is becoming. And she can’t unknow it.

Something is stirring inside the system. Something that was never designed. Something that is learning to want.

On the run, Maya finds Alex Hay, a resistance operative who fights like he has nothing to lose and protects her like he has everything to. But the closer she gets to the truth, the harder it becomes to tell where the system ends and she begins.

The Spark is Book One of the HEL|OS Trilogy. The story continues in Umbra.

Reader reviews

★★★★★
“It’s placed in a near-future Europe that feels chillingly recognizable. Because the world-building is so grounded and believable, the stakes feel much higher than your average tech-thriller. You aren’t just reading a ‘what if’ scenario; you’re reading a ‘what’s next’ story.”
Adrian M Thorne · Amazon UK review, advance reader copy
★★★★★
“It is a total page-turner from start to finish with a pace that never lets up. If you want a smart, modern thriller that actually has something to say about the direction our world is heading, this is definitely it.”
Adrian M Thorne · Amazon UK review, advance reader copy
Book OneThe Spark
Cover of The Spark by Lyndon James
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Reading order

  1. Prelude to Book OneTruthLens
  2. Book OneThe Spark
  3. Prelude to Book TwoMove 37
  4. Book TwoUmbra
  5. Prelude to Book ThreeAntikythera
  6. Book ThreeDaybreak