Neon Veil (The Veil Trilogy Book 1) by J.S. Holloway

The most dangerous thing in Neo-Kyoto isn't just trying to kill him. It's trying to wear him.In Neo-Kyoto, everyone pays. The Corporation owns your body, the city takes your soul, and the Veil is coming for what's left.Kael barely survives a data heist when a lethal parasitic AI tears through his crew and leaves something fatal behind. Darknet rumours say the AI was upgraded into something called Neon Veil. Now the clock is ticking before it burns his humanity from the inside.The trail leads to Neon Babylon, where he crosses paths with Kaeda, a dancer owned by corporate indentured debt but lethal enough to survive. Together, they uncover the Veil's true nature: a digital predator spreading through networks, whispering through Kael's neural implant, and promising power in exchange for a host.Alongside netrunner Selene and foul-mouthed cybernetic enforcer Rin, Kael and Kaeda race to stop the Veil before it burrows too deep and takes too much of what makes him human.Stylish, sexy and unexpectedly funny, Neon Veil is a cyberpunk thriller for fans of gritty action, rogue AI horror, and found families of outcasts with nothing left to lose.