PJ Manney concludes her visionary Philip K. Dick Award-nominated
series of a world at war, a virtual search for identity, and the future
of humanity.
Five years ago, bioengineer Peter Bernhardt spearheaded an innovation in
nanotechnology that changed the course of evolution. Until everything
was taken from him--his research, the people he loved, and finally his
life. Uploaded as an artificial intelligence, Peter is alive again
thanks to a critical reactivation by fellow AI Carter Potsdam.
But a third sentient computer program, Major Tom, is tearing the United
States apart, destroying its leaders and its cities. Major Tom's
mission: rebuild a new America from the ruins and reign as uncontested
monarch. Carter knows that only a revolutionary like Peter can reverse
the damage to a country set on fire.
Caught in a virtual world between an alleged ally and an enemy, pieces
of Peter's former self remain: the need for vengeance, empathy for the
subjugated people of a derelict world, and doubt in everything he's been
led to believe. To rescue what's left, he'll need to once again advance
the notion of evolution and to expand the meaning of being human--by
saving humanity.
