What if the darkest myths in human history were actually real, just distorted over time?
Building a new nation is not a simple task, and it's made even harder with every nation on the planet wanting the Solarian Union's advanced technology, no matter the cost.
But when terrorists unleash a devastating, genetically engineered plague into the world, that advanced technology is the only thing standing between humanity and the annihilation of our species.
Michael and those following him have done what they set out to do-they have colonized space. But they cannot cut all the ties to their ancestral home, and the sufferings of its peoples. Besides, someone needs to hunt down those who intentionally opened Pandora's Box and punish them-with prejudice.
The AI they found at the bottom of the Mariana Trench answered some important questions about the makers of the ancient spaceship, but it also revealed a primeval enemy of humanity. All the holy books warned us about it . . . but we didn't listen.
Now, from the far reaches of space, something is coming . . . something intelligent, and deadly, and utterly ruthless.
When your very thoughts can shape the digital reality that surrounds you, can you still stay grounded, or will you go off the deep end?
Max has got a lot of things on his plate, from dealing with a restless volcano to building a huge spaceship in secret. And in his spare time, he must conduct the biggest heist in the history of the world, search for the crime syndicate that is secretly running the planet, deal with a villain that had taken over the White House, save astronauts trapped on the wrecked International Space Station, and destroy an army of terrorists with a bit of orbital bombardment. And that's just the beginning of his problems.
In the digital realm, he may be the closest thing to a god, but even gods get challenged. What should he do when he comes across a real AI, one secretly made by the government and so powerful it makes the Skynet look puny?
And when an act of betrayal makes launching the spaceship a race against time . . .
He will have to pull out all the stops, because if he fails . . . what use is a victory if it's a Pyrrhic one?
You know you really made someone raging mad-when they try to kill you with a nuke.
Michael and those who follow him had reached a temporary safe base, but now those in power know his identity.
His people are in a race against time, and it's no longer a question of if they are going to be discovered-but when.
Opposing them are modern-day pirates, slavers, genocidal terrorists, drug cartels, and those who rule the Earth from the shadows. And every single one of them wants to see Michael dead.
When betrayal causes the death of someone close to him, he decides that diplomacy is far overrated. And sometimes crossing the line isn't enough; sometimes you need to demolish it to do what is right. So, set the Geneva Conventions on fire and punish the guilty, because sometimes, mercy is a luxury you cannot afford.
If pain and death are the only things his enemies know, then he will speak their language fluently.
Can they finish and launch the spaceship into orbit before time runs out? And what did the ancient aliens hide underneath the Pacific Ocean?
Michael Freeman is a disabled veteran who had just been fired from his mind-numbing cubicle job, which allowed his opportunistic girlfriend to dump him. Now, he only wants to spend some time at his grandfather's mountain cabin so he can unwind, away from the drudgery of daily life and with a cold beer in his hands.
Standing in his way is an ancient spaceship with an emotional AI, nanites that have invaded his body, an international crime syndicate, a suicidal FBI agent on a vigilante mission, terrorists . . . and that's just the beginning.
What can one man do when faced with insurmountable odds? Call it quits? Or . . . call some of his old army buddies and blow those obstacles to smithereens?
Can he become more than he had ever dreamed, reaching further than any man before? Staying under the radar of the powers that be while righting a few wrongs of the modern world.
He is sure of three things: 1. He really doesn't want to follow the rules anymore . . . aside from his own; 2. Space is the ultimate frontier, and he had been given a turnkey technology to reach it-if they let him; and 3. Those that want to hurt him and the people he cares about will rue the day they were born.
What would you do if you were turned into an AI?
Max didn't ask to be created, but it was a case of mistaken identity and he had no say in the matter. Now he is without his flesh and blood body, in a strange new digital realm, and not taking it really well. However, his new existence comes with abilities that the regular humans can only dream about.
If absolute power corrupts, can he avoid being corrupted?
These are the logs he wrote for posterity. Written in his voice and not meant for the general public to read.
Listen at your own discretion, but be warned-once you start, you may never go back to your mundane existence.
