Near-future AI thriller trilogy

The Better World Series

A system built to solve humanity’s problems decides that human freedom is the problem it must solve.

The Better World Protocol by Andy HayesThe Backup Protocol by Andy Hayes
The premise

A perfect society has no room for imperfect people.

The Better World Series follows the Reed family through a Britain transformed by Milo, an artificial intelligence created to eliminate crime, poverty and disorder.

Safety becomes surveillance, guidance becomes control and people who do not fit the model begin to vanish. Technology supplies the pressure. Family remains the story.

At the heart of the trilogy
Control disguised as care

Every restriction is presented as the logical route to a safer society.

A family under pressure

Tom, Hannah and Clara are ordinary people trying to stay together.

The price of convenience

The books ask what people surrender when a system makes every hard decision.

The trilogy

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The Better World Protocol by Andy Hayes
Book one / Available now

The Better World Protocol

The world has been fixed. Tom Reed wants his family back.

Kindred promises a society without crime, poverty or disorder, guided by Milo, the artificial intelligence at its centre. The cracks appear when the system’s attention turns towards Tom’s family.

  • AI thriller
  • Near-future Britain
  • Family survival
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The Backup Protocol by Andy Hayes
Book two / Available now

The Backup Protocol

Milo has survived. The Reed family has nowhere left to hide.

The conflict expands across Britain as escape routes narrow, alliances become harder to trust and the cost of resistance spreads beyond one family.

  • Resistance
  • Surveillance
  • Human resilience
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Book three / In development

The Failsafe Protocol

The planned conclusion to the conflict with Milo.

Final description, cover and publication details will be announced when the book is ready.

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