{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/criminal-conspiracy/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"criminal-conspiracy","slug":"criminal-conspiracy","pitch":"Dima Zales writes romance with criminal-conspiracy: Mind Machines.","works":[{"title":"Mind Machines","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/mind-machines/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2017,"seriesTitle":"Human++","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"The Mind Dimensions","tropes":[{"slug":"cousin-protector","label":"cousin-protector"},{"slug":"criminal-conspiracy","label":"criminal-conspiracy"},{"slug":"cyberpunk","label":"Cyberpunk"},{"slug":"experimental-neural-enhancement","label":"experimental-neural-enhancement"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort-romance","label":"hurt-comfort-romance"},{"slug":"kidnapped-loved-one","label":"kidnapped-loved-one"},{"slug":"reluctant-hero","label":"reluctant-hero"},{"slug":"sci-fi","label":"Science fiction"},{"slug":"tech-thriller","label":"Tech Thriller"},{"slug":"tech-enabled-rescue-mission","label":"tech-enabled-rescue-mission"},{"slug":"transhumanist-coming-of-age","label":"transhumanist-coming-of-age"},{"slug":"unlikely-allies","label":"unlikely-allies"}],"summary":"From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Dima Zales, an intense new techno-thriller that pushes the limits of what it means to be human.\n\nWith billions in the bank and my own venture capital firm, I’m living the American dream. My only problem? A car accident that leaves my mother with memory problems.\n\nBrainocytes, a new technology that can transform our brains, could be the answer to all of my problems—but I’m not the only one who sees its potential.\n\nPlunged into a criminal underworld darker than anything I could’ve imagined, my life-saving technology might be the death of me.\n\nMy name is Mike Cohen, and this is how I became more than human.","pitch":"Mind Machines by Dima Zales is a 2017 romance. Tropes: cousin-protector, criminal-conspiracy, Cyberpunk, experimental-neural-enhancement, Found Family, hurt-comfort-romance, kidnapped-loved-one, reluctant-hero, Science fiction, Tech Thriller, tech-enabled-rescue-mission, transhumanist-coming-of-age, unlikely-allies. Heat 5/5. Book 1 of Human++.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}