Term Life: A Novel of Love, Death, and Computer Security

Gus Bishop lives in a trendy downtown Austin condo. He works in computer security for a high tech Austin tech company and drives a high performance car. Yet, something is missing. Every woman he wants eludes him, and his company is under the threat of being hacked. But after an internet search, Gus meets a strange man who represents a unique insurance company.

Through big data analysis and some computer hacking of its own, this company insures its clients not from death but from a life that is no longer worth living. When Gus buys the policy, he must come to terms with his greatest fears and failures.

William H. Boyd studied English and fiction writing at Rice University and Ohio University. Then, like so many others of his generation, he was sucked into the computer software industry. There he became acquainted with programming, servers, computer security and big data. This is his first completed novel. He lives near Austin, Texas in the hill country with his wife.