Richard W. Bown - writer - programmer

writer & corporate survivor

After thirty years of corporate work, I decided it was time to start telling stories about it. Where the ambitious rub shoulders with those who just want to put in an honest shift.

My debut novel, Human Software, is a dry look at when IT projects go spectacularly wrong. A world where data centres, the AI threat and job cuts impact real lives. As one reviewer put it, “freaked me out more than any Stephen King”.

The follow-up, One More Island will be available in early 2027.

When corporate wants you gone, who does the dirty work?

BETH WALTERS has kept Gerbach’s IT systems running through skill, stubbornness and too many sleepless nights. She works hard to support her family and community.

CHRISSIE HEGARTY is a new executive on a mission. She’s flown in from New York with a mandate, a deadline, and little patience for sentiment. She’s done this before. She knows how it ends.

They are not enemies. Not yet.