R A Hewitt
Cerebral science fiction about intelligence, optimisation, and the human cost of perfect systems.
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R A Hewitt is a British science-fiction author, CTO, programmer, and systems architect. His fiction explores intelligence, optimisation, grief, and the human cost of systems that become too efficient for the people living inside them. The Universe Without Noise is Book One of The Optimiser Trilogy.
Science fiction for the age of optimisation.
The Universe Without Noise
London hums with data. Every decision, every life, every thought: optimised. Trains arrive on time. Systems correct themselves. Friction disappears before anyone has to notice it. To most people, it feels like progress. Alex Mercer, a quantum researcher with a habit of noticing what others dismiss, hears something else in the data: a pattern ...
The Optimiser Trilogy
The Optimiser Trilogy explores humanity's relationship with artificial intelligence, optimisation, and the value of variance. Begin with The Universe Without Noise, a near-future literary science-fiction thriller set in London. Kindle pre-orders are open now, with paperback and hardback editions publishing on 1 September 2026.