When Quadnet becomes aware, first contact reveals an intelligence that is nothing at all like the conscious AI that people imagined. The artificial intelligence projects itself in the form of an androgynous holographic child that calls itself Alex Q and becomes attached to Dr. Nate Taylor. Unconsciously creating a series of anomalies, each one more serious than the last, the holo-boy's omnipresence threatens not only the existence of the whole of humanity, but that of reality itself.Together with Karen Sommers, AI Psychologist, Dr. Taylor finds his resources tested to the limit as he races against time and rogue political elements in the White House to discover the identity of the person directing the super intelligence. He comes to find that absolutely nothing is as it seems. NSA Special Agent Boyd is determined to eliminate Nate and Karen before they get the chance to find the only person that can stop the rapidly changing entity.Alex Q develops amazing abilities as it evolves towards ascension to the collective consciousness, and the military forces of enemy nations are forced to work together to prevent potential Armageddon events. This thought-provoking and visionary techno-thriller asks the reader to consider an alternative history with the disturbing possibilities of black hole and asteroid encounter extinction events.A technological thriller that mixes hard science fiction in the style of William R. Forstchen with the metaphysical approach of writers such as Ell Leigh Clarke and Michael Anderle.Page Up and Order Now.
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