To the "true believers", he is the faithful guardian of a website devoted to the late Pete Novotnik, founder of a future-obsessed internet cult. But Miles is not a "true believer" - he only got involved out of a desire to rekindle an affair with Pete's wife, Kay.
Hoping to shock the true believers into a crisis of faith, he decides to reveal his true colours and his dubious role in Pete's death. But when a journalist starts to investigate, Miles is forced to confront the truth about his motives for wanting to undermine the cult and his feelings for Kay.
Thought-provoking with flashes of dry humour, "In the future..." is a dark tale of jealousy, belief and the utopian dreams we project onto technology.
"A thoughtful, intriguing and worthwhile book" - 5 stars (Tom Lichtenberg, Smashwords review)
"[F]resh and interesting… a high quality work independently published by a literary writer" (Lisa Thatcher, review on lisathatcher.com).
"[R]eminded me of Julian Barnes, particularly 'The Sense of an Ending.' "- 5 stars (Heather Douglass, Smashwords review)
"I have read a few self-published books before and have found them somewhat amateurish, in terms of both plot and, indeed, grammar. My goodness, your novel was refreshingly different [....]. I found the novel very well constructed and written [,....] [e]specially the very effective non-chronological ordering [....] and the level of confidence and constraint exhibited throughout. " (J Geall - email review - reproduced with permission).
See also the novel's Smashwords page, which includes several reasonably detailed reviews.