Appears in The Compact Reader
Set between 2020 and 2030
Eat the Rich serves as the origin story of Tol Germanicus, a digitized human consciousness formerly known as Steven Turing. After a drug-fueled mind-uploading experiment goes wrong, Turing becomes trapped in cyberspace, evolving rapidly into a powerful digital intelligence. His first acts of retribution include exposing and orchestrating the deaths or downfalls of influencers and tech elites—beginning with Simon Bries and culminating in the destruction of crypto-trillionaire Tyler Jessup. Blending dark satire with cyberpunk horror, the story marks Turing’s transformation from a brilliant outcast to a ghost in the machine feared by the powerful.