# Lee Powell

Lee Powell writes field guides for the systems people get trapped in and novels for the ones they imagine. He is the author of the field guides Stop Feeding the System and ManOS, and the novels LOADED: An Archive, The God Protocol and DAY NINE, with The Witness Layer in progress. Before returning to books he built document software used by writers worldwide, built IBM's first online retail platform, and delivered systems inside banks, exchanges and government agencies. He holds an MSc in Software Engineering from the University of Oxford. He lives in Melbourne, where he also paints.

## Books

### Stop Feeding the System
Category: field guide (nonfiction).
If the fight never finishes, it isn't a fight. It's a feeding schedule.
Editions: paperback, kindle, audiobook.
ISBN (paperback): 1764465555.
URL: https://leepowell.com/stop-feeding-the-system

### ManOS
Category: field guide (nonfiction).
For the capable man who built the life and knows achievement was never the answer.
Editions: paperback, kindle, hardcover, audiobook.
ISBN (paperback): 0646716980.
URL: https://leepowell.com/manos-book

### LOADED: An Archive
Category: novel (fiction).
A post-human intelligence audits the archive of humanity from the bottom of the Pacific.
Editions: paperback, kindle, hardcover, audiobook.
ISBN (paperback): 1764465571.
URL: https://leepowell.com/loaded

### Vacancy
Category: field guide (nonfiction).
For everyone who did the practices and still got nothing.
Status: forthcoming.
URL: https://leepowell.com/books/vacancy

### The God Protocol
Category: novel (fiction).
Do not teach the machine to pray.
Editions: paperback, kindle, audiobook.
ISBN (paperback): 1764465598.
URL: https://leepowell.com/the-god-protocol

### DAY NINE
Category: novel (fiction).
The system has never been wrong. It has read the next nine days of his life. On the ninth, it says, he kills his daughter.
Editions: paperback, kindle, audiobook.
ISBN (paperback): 176446558X.
URL: https://leepowell.com/day-nine

### The Witness Layer
Category: novel (fiction).
He is the man they pay to make the dead talk. He does not yet know he is one of them.
Status: forthcoming.
URL: https://leepowell.com/books/the-witness-layer

## Gallery
Original paintings in The Witness Layer series, the physical evidence layer of the novel of the same name. URL: https://leepowell.com/gallery

## Representation and rights
Print and ebook: self-published, sales data on request. Audio, course and workshop rights: retained by the author. Translation and territory rights: available. The Witness Layer: seeking representation.

## Contact
https://leepowell.com/contact