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10.2.2026 A Fragment of Chrome wins Indies Today 2026 Best Action/Adventure award. You can find the contest results here.
18.1.2026 A Fragment of Chrome receives its first professional review by Bookshelfie (rating 4.5/5). You can find it here.
"Atmosphere just oozes out of every page of this book."

"A strongly written, atmospheric cyberpunk thriller that executes genre conventions with skill and delivers meaningful character development."
6.1.2026 A Fragment of Chrome receives its first mini-review by Readers' Favorite. Find it here. Individual ratings were: Appearance 4, Plot 5, Development 5, Formatting 4, Marketability 5, Overall Opinion 5.
"An engaging read that lingers long after you've finished it."
29-31.12.2025 Sent A Fragment of Chrome to be professionally reviewed.

18.12.2025: The English Website (miikkarautioaho.com) is up and running.

12.12.2025: My debut novel, A Fragment of Chrome, is out now! This is the first instalment in The Carbon-Steel Divide series.
"I KNEW this place. I'd left pieces of myself here." -AFOC, Chapter 3

Tequila Sunrise and a Gibson

"Is that… an onion?" she asked, looking at my drink.
"A pickled onion," I replied. "Who wouldn't want a pickled onion in their drink?"
A Fragment of Chrome
, Chapter 5
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