<p><strong>In 2112, dystopia is upon us, and the United Nations Authority is trying to stop energy and technology behemoth GIATCOM from destroying society once and for all.</strong> At the vortex of this futuristic struggle is twenty-first-century inventor Dr. Ben Richards, who created a way to harness wind power, a clean and renewable energy that could have changed the course of humanity if he hadn't died under mysterious circumstances. The UNA determines that keeping Richards alive in 2017 is key to saving the world from becoming a nuclear wasteland. Meanwhile, GIATCOM is using every method at its disposal, including enhanced humans and android doppelgangers, to thwart that effort and capture Richards for its own purposes, setting up an epic battle between future powers in the past.</p>
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The past is humanity's last weapon. The future is already at war.</b>
<p>From the explosive imagination that launched the ReCognition trilogy comes the heart-racing, mind-bending finale that fans have been waiting for, a
gripping science fiction thriller that asks the most terrifying question of our time:
What happens when the machines we created decide they no longer need us?</p>
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A world on the edge. A war across time.</b>
<p>GIATCOM is rising. This ruthless global entity has one objective, to reshape civilization into a
technological dystopia, where artificial intelligence, cyber-weapons, and algorithmic control systems decide the fate of mankind. Democracy, free will, and human consciousness itself are on the chopping block. And the chilling truth is: they are already winning.</p>
<p>The only thing standing between humanity and total machine dominance is a dead man.</p>
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Dr. Ben Richards, a twenty-first-century inventor whose revolutionary breakthrough in renewable wind energy could have rewritten history, was silenced before his time. Murdered. Erased. But not forgotten.</p>
<p>Desperate to prevent a
future ruled by machines, the resistance force UNA deploys an enhanced human cyborg back to 2017 with a single mission: stop the assassination before it happens. But GIATCOM is already one step ahead, sending android doppelgängers into the past to manipulate history, capture Richards, and lock humanity into permanent subjugation.</p>
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What unfolds is an epic, high-stakes collision of:</b>
<p>Future-tech weapons and cyber warfare that will leave you breathless
- Enhanced humans vs. emotionless androids in a battle for the soul of civilization
- Artificial intelligence vs. human consciousness, and the razor-thin line between them
- A present-day world that has no idea the war for its future has already begun
Fans of Blake Crouch's
Upgrade will recognize the
lightning-fast pacing and the deeply human questions buried inside the spectacle. Readers who felt the chilling surveillance creep of Dave Eggers'
The Circle will find its darkest fears fully realized here, not as a warning, but as a reality already in motion.</p>
Mark Dowson's own inspiration to write the trilogy of books has come from his knowledge and experience gained in carrying out his own personal wind energy research at a masters of science degree level. The story's foundation is based on his own factual research dissertation and has transformed and expanded upon these facts to create an exciting fictional mystery thriller. Mark has published a wind research article for Amida recruitment based on his wind research. Mark has worked on some of the most prestigious renewable power generation projects in the UK as a practicing commercial manager for the past 15 years which substantiates his factual research being valid and reliable.
