The Essence of Hell

About the Book

Socrates was a very strange child. His lonely existence as a child translated directly to a solitary life as an adult. His only chance at a meaningful existence was to create and enter a cyber utopia. To make his cyber utopia feel real he discovered a way to capture human essences and insert them into this world. Upon entering his cyber world he became trapped and was destined to an eternity in a cyber hell of his creation.

About the Author

Author F.W. Shapiro was born, raised, and educated in Philadelphia. He now resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his family. The author is an engineer by education and occupation. Mr. Shapiro regularly includes technical writing as part of his professional work. He has previously published a technical manuscript. This is the first serious science fiction work written by Mr. Shapiro. As is the main character in this story, the author is also an inventor. He has one patent pending for a state-of-the-art materials analysis technology.