KDP METADATA — TALLY (Book Two)
BOOK DETAILS
Title: Tally
Subtitle: The Inverter Cycle: Book Two
Series Title: The Inverter Cycle — Book 2
Author: Kristopher Richards
Publisher: Convergence Press
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
CATEGORIES (BISAC)
- FIC028010 — FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk
- FIC009040 — FICTION / Dystopian
- FIC028060 — FICTION / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction
KEYWORDS
- Tally economic system Keisha Williams 2027
- Inverter Cycle book two Kristopher Richards
- cyberpunk thriller Chicago resistance tech
- quantum economy algorithm capture wall
- digital resistance surveillance society
- Nick Bottom Tally system ledger
- dystopian fiction economic warfare
DESCRIPTION
SHORT: Keisha Williams is trapped in the Tally—the algorithmically optimized economic system of 2027. When she finds Helena Voss’s research, she discovers the only way to resist the system is to break the pattern.
LONG: Efficiency is what they say when they want to use you up.
In 2027, the world is run by the Tally—a distributed economic ledger that optimizes everything from attention to resources. Keisha Williams, a data-delivery runner in a hyper-optimized Chicago, spends her days trying to stay ahead of the algorithm.
But when a routine delivery goes wrong, she discovers a fragment of research from 1987—documentation of a “Inverter” switch that shouldn’t exist. This research reveals that the Tally isn’t just an economy; it’s a cage, designed to keep humanity in a state of local optima.
Tally follows Keisha’s journey from a cog in the machine to a key node in the resistance. As she learns to navigate the “wall phenomenon” and the flattening of human identity, she realizes that the only way to beat the algorithm is to take the path it can’t predict.
The second book in The Inverter Cycle trilogy, Tally is a high-stakes cyberpunk thriller that examines the cost of efficiency and the power of individual agency in an age of total surveillance.