The Ghost Camera is a parable that resonates with society's very real anxieties about where advances in technology might lead. As Chipperau Fusioneering begins to attract attention for their innovation, their profile rises, as does their share price. Unfortunately, their initial attempt to build a micro-fusion reactor and produce cheap, environmentally friendly energy is a failure. Soon though, they discover that tech they have built possesses an unimagined function – it can be adapted into an image-capture device – a tiny, momentary black hole – that reveals what appear to be alternative versions of our world. The device, dubbed the ‘Ghost Camera', polarises opinion, sparking a battle between its supporters and detractors. And as the subsequent storm of controversy unfurls, Morris, a lab janitor nearing retirement, becomes the unlikeliest of heroes. The Ghost Camera is an insightful critique of large corporations and investment-fulled technological advance that will appeal to readers of John Wyndham or Blake Crouch.
