The Death I Gave Him

Paperback edition of 2023’s ΓÇ£Compellingly readable and unreservedly commendableΓÇ¥ (Financial Times) queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet A Twenty-First Century Hamlet. Hayden LichfieldΓÇÖs life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab,and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed togetherwhich might one day reverse death itself. Hoping to lure the killer into the openHayden steals the research. In the processhe uncovers a recording his father made in the days before his deathand a dying wish: Avenge meΓǪ With the lab on lockdownHayden is trapped with four other peopleΓÇöhis uncle Charleslab technician Gabriel Rasmussenresearch intern Felicia Xia and their head of securityFeliciaΓÇÖs father PaulΓÇöone of whom must be the killer. His only sure ally is the labΓÇÖs resident artificial intelligenceHoratiowho has been his dear friend and companion since its creation. With his world collapsingHayden must navigate the buildingΓÇÖs secretsuncover his fatherΓÇÖs liesand push the boundaries of sanity in the pursuit of revenge.