TALLY
The Inverter Cycle: Book Two
By
Kristopher Richards
Convergence Press
Guildford, UK
First Edition
Copyright © 2026 by Kristopher Richards
All rights reserved.
Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Richards, Kristopher Tally : The Inverter Cycle, Book Two / by Kristopher Richards. — First edition. pages cm ISBN [TO BE ASSIGNED] (e-book)
- Science fiction. 2. Economic systems—Fiction. 3. Resistance—Fiction. I. Title.
This is a work of fiction.
2026
DEDICATION
For Nick, who held the frame.
EPIGRAPH
“Efficiency is what they say when they want to use you up and throw you out.”
— Keisha Williams, 2027
PREFACE
This book was written alongside its screenplay, not after it. The science in these pages is real, or as real as I could make it. The quantum biology of the Inverter is the engine, but the economy of the Tally is the fuel.
If you recognize yourself in these pages—if you have felt the wall, the flattening of identity in the digital circus—please know that this documentation is my resistance.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I acknowledge the Yawuru people’s ongoing custodianship of country, culture, and law. My gratitude to the scientific community and to those who witnessed the wall.
The pattern continues.