PJ Manney continues her action-packed, thought-provoking
science-fiction series with the sequel to the Philip K. Dick
Award-nominated (R)evolution.
In the guise of political revolutionary Thomas Paine, bioengineer Peter
Bernhardt brought down the corrupt and powerful Phoenix Club--and then
turned revolution into evolution by becoming the first artificial human
intelligence: Major Tom. In the two years since Major Tom revealed his
digital existence and spread his freedom manifesto, he has been revered
as a god and vilified as a demon. The United States and Europe have
splintered into ideologically independent regions. Russia and China
prepare to expand their empires.
In the midst of the chaos, pirates attack a seastead in the Pacific
Ocean, capturing one of Major Tom's allies. A mysterious and powerful
group wages a secret war. To rescue his ally, Major Tom must first
regain his own humanity and somehow save a species he no longer
identifies with, and which seems determined to destroy itself.