Andrew Partington is a writer, musician and an IT nerd with a philosophical bent. He has designed websites, programmed in various languages, managed databases and computer infrastructure, in other words, he has the right background knowledge to create a plausible technothriller! The Bel Algorithm is his second book in the technothriller/conspiracy genre. Andrew's broad education has included units in computer programming, statistics, philosophy and the scientific method. This novel is underpinned by research into contemporary government surveillance, artificial intelligence, algorithms for generating false video, and many other things. Previously Andrew has written fantasy and steampunk novels under the nom de plum Robert Denethon.