Raven: Debut Novel by Robert T. Kelley (THRILLER)

$19.95

During the waning days of the Cold War and the dawning of the internet, computer hacker Raven has been selling high technology secrets to the Soviet Union and eluding capture by the FBI. Recently expelled college student Mev Hayes unexpectedly lands a position at a top lab at MIT where she’s encouraged to continue her controversial computer research. But when the search for Raven points her way, Mev finds that opportunity comes at a cost in a struggle for technological dominance.

“It’s the terrible last days of the Cold War. One enemy spy is selling secrets to the Russians. He’s intelligent, daring, and his code name may be Raven. Only one person stands in his way—Mev Hayes, a twenty-year-old computer whiz with red hair, an attitude, and a dark past. The result is a deadly, fascinating cat-and-mouse contest touched with moments of humanity and full of twists that will leave you breathless. Step into the cauldron of ambitious dreams and brilliant minds at a world-class MIT computer lab, and let the games begin! Raven by Robert T. Kelley is an engrossing brew!”

—Gayle Lynds, NYT bestselling author of The Assassins

“Running from her past, ex-computer hacker Mev Hayes lands her dream job at MIT, but quickly finds herself in a life and death struggle with a Russian industrial espionage hacker known as Raven, while dodging an FBI investigation and threats from Boston’s Irish Mob. Fast-paced and gripping.”

—DP Lyle, award-winning author of the Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series and co-creator of the Outliers Writing University

Softcover. Print ISBN: 978-1-962931-35-9; Ebook ISBN: 978-1-962931-36-6. LCCN: 2025906879. Forthcoming October 28, 2025.

During the waning days of the Cold War and the dawning of the internet, computer hacker Raven has been selling high technology secrets to the Soviet Union and eluding capture by the FBI. Recently expelled college student Mev Hayes unexpectedly lands a position at a top lab at MIT where she’s encouraged to continue her controversial computer research. But when the search for Raven points her way, Mev finds that opportunity comes at a cost in a struggle for technological dominance.

“It’s the terrible last days of the Cold War. One enemy spy is selling secrets to the Russians. He’s intelligent, daring, and his code name may be Raven. Only one person stands in his way—Mev Hayes, a twenty-year-old computer whiz with red hair, an attitude, and a dark past. The result is a deadly, fascinating cat-and-mouse contest touched with moments of humanity and full of twists that will leave you breathless. Step into the cauldron of ambitious dreams and brilliant minds at a world-class MIT computer lab, and let the games begin! Raven by Robert T. Kelley is an engrossing brew!”

—Gayle Lynds, NYT bestselling author of The Assassins

“Running from her past, ex-computer hacker Mev Hayes lands her dream job at MIT, but quickly finds herself in a life and death struggle with a Russian industrial espionage hacker known as Raven, while dodging an FBI investigation and threats from Boston’s Irish Mob. Fast-paced and gripping.”

—DP Lyle, award-winning author of the Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series and co-creator of the Outliers Writing University

Softcover. Print ISBN: 978-1-962931-35-9; Ebook ISBN: 978-1-962931-36-6. LCCN: 2025906879. Forthcoming October 28, 2025.

Robert T. Kelley spent 30 years in the technology industry building multiple companies before turning to writing and working with startups. Formerly the publisher of the quarterly literary journal, The Maine Review, Rob now regularly blogs for Maine Crime Writers. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and his PhD in English from Indiana University.

Rob lives in Midcoast Maine with his wife, writer Margot Anne Kelley, and an indeterminate number of cats.

Author photo: Margot Anne Kelley.