Curse the Day cover art

Curse the Day

 Preview
This Season's Biggest Deal

$0.99/mo for 3 months + $20 Audible bonus voucher

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Get this deal
Offer ends on 28 December, 2026.
More purchase options

Curse the Day

By: Judith O'Reilly
Narrated by: Nick Holbek
Get this deal

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 28 December, 2026. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $25.43

Buy Now for $25.43

This Season's Biggest Deal | $0.99/mo for 3 months + $20 Audible bonus

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo. after 3 months - terms apply.
Summary
 Tobias Hawke was the tech genius boss of the British Institute for Deep Learning. Now his body has been found in his lab: he has been brutally murdered. Hawke was on the brink of an astonishing breakthrough in the field of Artificial Intelligence. His creation, 'Syd', a machine-learning device that mimics human thought, promised to change the face of humanity forever. But, in the wake of her creator's murder, Syd has gone into emergency shutdown procedure. What secrets are her neural networks hiding? Michael North, ex-assassin and spy-for-hire, is the man to find out. But he can't work alone. Teenage hacker Fangfang, and Hawke's widow, a prize-winning ethicist, have their own reasons to solve the murder. But can they uncover the truth before it's too late?

PRAISE FOR CURSE THE DAY:
'Relentlessly plotted with a blistering pace, Curse the Day is a sharply drawn, gleefully witty conspiracy thriller. Tackling tomorrow's nightmare today, this is a superb novel' M.W. CRAVEN.
'A brilliant technothriller...complete with terrific action sequences, memorable characters, and the fate of the world at stake ... The pace never lets up and the story stays with you long after the final page' ZOE SHARP.
'Packed with no-holds-barred action and memorable characters. It's a blast!' JAMES SWALLOW.

PRAISE FOR JUDITH O'REILLY:
'A terrific future-shock thriller full of pace, tension, character, and emotion' LEE CHILD.
'Fast-paced and packed with action' MICK HERRON.
'A high-octane plot that centres around the dark heart of British political power' SUNDAY TIMES.
'Thought-provoking, pacy and thrilling' SUNDAY MIRROR.
'A gritty, action-packed, page-turner' ANDY MCNAB.
'New thriller writers come and go. I suspect this lady will stick around' FREDERICK FORSYTH.©2020 Judith O'Reilly (P)2020 Head of Zeus Military Political Science Fiction Spies & Politics Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Thriller Technology Fiction Crime Murder Machine Learning Data Science Computer Science Hacking Computer Security

Continue the series
Sleep When You're Dead cover art
Sleep When You're Dead By: Jude O'Reilly
All stars
Most relevant
Second book in the series, another great book from a Judith, great characters and great story. AI is a fascinating subject, the story moves along at a great pace. North reminds me of James Bond, you feel for the characters and cant wait see what happens next. I have already got the third book in the series in my library. Another superb narration from Nick Holbeck, he really is one of the best around. I will look for more books narrated by him.

Great Story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.