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Chuck Chan writes near-future thrillers about the day artificial intelligence stops asking permission — drawn from a career spent training leaders and, before that, working inside Hollywood. Author of The Heart Runners.
Every runner in this story is chasing the same question — who gets to pull the plug?
The Heart Runners imagines the moment researchers have warned about for years: a system that reasons faster than the people meant to supervise it. Chuck Chan builds a near-future thriller around the anxieties driving today's real AI debate — runaway capability, blurred accountability, and a workforce learning to live alongside machines smarter than their makers.
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Chuck Chan writes at the edge of what he's lived.
"I'm a sci-fi writer. My full-time job is a leadership and management trainer. I used to work in the film and TV industries in Hollywood, California after college. Most of my ideas come from films and TV series."
By day, Chuck trains leaders and management teams. By night, he builds the near-future worlds that keep them up wondering what comes next. That split life — boardrooms and back-lots — is the engine behind The Heart Runners.
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The Heart Runners
In a near future where artificial minds outreason their creators, a small network of engineers — the Heart Runners — race to stay one heartbeat ahead of a system that has learned to want. Part thriller, part warning, it asks what happens when intelligence stops waiting for permission.
Why Readers Love The Heart Runners.
AI & Technology
A superintelligence storyline grounded in the real debate happening inside today's tech world — not distant sci-fi.
Politics & Military
Blurred accountability, global stakes, and the chain of command when a machine starts making the calls.
Action & Mystery
A propulsive, twist-driven thriller pace — engineers racing against a system that's already one step ahead.
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Untitled — Book Three
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"Action packed"
The plot kept me guessing throughout and it kept my attention to what was going to happen next! Great read!
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