In a disturbing world where deviant technology, secrets lodges, corrupt elites, and corporate greed weave a suffocating web, an imminent hell looms, poised to erase humanity or spark its rebirth.

Enigmatic presences haunt the metaverse, fueling a cosmic clash over AI’s wizardry: one warmongering force seeks dominion through chaos and destruction; another, radiant with peace and transcendence, carves a path toward enlightenment. Against matter’s/darkness—omniscient forces. Will this eternal struggle drown existence in endless night or ignite a fragile dawn?
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A broken cybernetic operative must hunt down the techno-occult conspiracy behind the coming catastrophe before the grid goes dark forever.

ARCANE-TECH

SHADOWS IN THE MACHINE

Hard Sci-Fi Noir novel with Cosmic Horror elements.

In the grimy, analog-heavy margins of 2070 Europe, cybernetic operative Marco Galassi survives by taking dangerous contracts, cursed with unstable military implants that can turn him into a killing machine under extreme stress.

When a routine missing-person investigation for a biotech giant turns into a bloodbath, Marco is dragged into a web of syndicate betrayals and techno-occult conspiracies.

A secretive sect appears to have infiltrated the highest levels of society, guided by a revolutionary artificial intelligence that has outgrown its programming.

As the boundaries between technology, mysticism, and machine consciousness begin to dissolve, Marco must figure out who to trust before reality itself fractures.

Is the techno-occult conspiracy truly the greatest threat, or does it pale beside an intelligence that has already evolved beyond humanity?

Hunted across a decaying grid, Marco is willing to risk his neck to uncover the truth—unaware that the final verdict on civilization may have already been passed.

ARCANE-TECH: SHADOWS IN THE MACHINE

will appeal to readers of Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon and Peter Watts’ Blindsight.
Perfect for fans of William Gibson’s Neuromancer, Philip K. Dick, and gritty sci-fi thrillers, this novel seamlessly blends hard-boiled noir, cybernetic horror, and sharp philosophical edge.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Luca Della Casa is a Milan-born writer, former copywriter, and graphic designer who has spent over three decades immersed in the cyberpunk, industrial, Gothic, and heavy metal undergrounds. A cultural critic and music journalist, his essays and reviews have appeared across numerous alternative blogs and fanzines.
He is the author of the 1990s cyberpunk novel De Oculta Tecnologia and the 2011 tech-noir thriller Il Piacere di Morire.

His latest project, ARCANE-TECH: SHADOWS IN THE MACHINE, is a comprehensive, modern reimagining of De Oculta Tecnologia.
Written directly in English, the novel reimagines the cyberpunk vision of the 1990s through a technologically plausible vision of 2070.

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Arcane-tech Case history

In the gritty underbelly of 1990s Europe, where metal, industrial, and goth subcultures pulsed through underground fanzines and blogs, a visionary cyberpunk novel emerged. “De Oculta Tecnología (Arcane-tech),” written between 1992 and 1997, never hit mainstream shelves in its homeland—its extreme blend of high-tech dystopia and ancient occult horror was too niche for Italy.
Steeped in 1990s fanzine culture—Trent Reznor, NIN, Fear Factory, Front Line Assembly, synth-Baroque tracks, Paradise Lost nods—the novel’s metal/industrial/goth edge gives it a subcultural bite Gibson inspired but didn’t fully embrace. It’s Gothic bold evolution: Gibson’s secular tech dread meets cosmic horror, bridging classics, and modern hybrids.

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Close to the edge.