Apps have become all-encompassing in our fast-paced modern lives and their utility is undeniable, but how far would you go to make money, especially if you could remain anonymous?

In his gripping debut thriller, Scott Hylbert dives into the darker side of our app economy and tests the question: how far is too far? Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, Task Lyst foreshadows a more sinister on-demand service industry, and it's infinite wicked possibilities.

Scott Hylbert spent most of his youth surfing in San Diego before attending Denison University in Ohio to play soccer. Amidst a stalled-career as a rock-n-roller in San Francisco, he packaged spring break tours and ski trips for students before finding a niche in the alternative newsweekly business. There, he sold advertising to concert promoters and record companies for over a decade before enrolling in a masters program at Vanderbilt University while continuing to work and raise two kids. With a focus on creative writing, he pursued a career-long goal to pivot from the marketing side of the media business to the editorial. Recently, with his photographer wife Ashley, he opened a rental photography studio and boutique event space in Nashville called White Avenue Studio.