For We Are Many: Bobiverse: Book 2

By Dennis E. Taylor

The second installment in Dennis E. Taylor's imaginative sci-fi saga follows an AI-powered interstellar explorer as he confronts alien threats, chaotic post-apocalyptic hurdles, and the ultimate challenge of saving humanity.

Waking up after death wasn't on Bob Johansson's bucket list. But here he is, four decades later, inhabiting the mind of a sentient computer and piloting a self-replicating space probe. It was supposed to be a dream gig--explore the cosmos, find new worlds, repeat.

Instead, everything has gone spectacularly off-script.

Humanity is hanging by a thread after a devastating war wiped out 99.9 percent of the human race. The planet is spiraling into nuclear darkness, extremist groups are fighting over what scraps of civilization remain, and rogue Brazilian probes are doing their best to annihilate everything in their path. And the Bobs have encountered a terrifying alien species with one very straightforward view of other life forms: food.

Bob never signed up to be a hero, and he certainly didn't expect to play God to a fledgling alien civilization. Now, he faces the ultimate question: Can a scattered army of digital copies, outnumbered and outgunned, outsmart extinction itself?

Packed with snarky humor, jaw-dropping discoveries, and a heaping dose of heart, For We Are Many continues the wildly inventive saga that redefines what it means to be human...or at least post-human. The stakes are immense, but with Bob on the job, survival might just depend on thinking way outside the box.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668223422
• ISBN13: 9781668223420
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Bring on the Bobs!

The awesomeness of Bobs continues! It is amazing how even though they are all iterations of Bob, how different each one can be. It is true that we are the sum of experiences. And boy do the Bobs experience amazing, heartbreaking, intriguing, and awful things while out exploring the universe. From saving humanity and transporting them to the habitable planets that have been found, to nurturing new civilizations of alien life (and saving them) and even falling love. Plus the awfulness of the Others and fighting to save the universe from their foul plans. From Bob and his Deltans, to Howard and helping create a distillery on the new world and finding new connections, and even Homer and Riker, working with the frustrating humans still on Sol. Each Bob has a great story to tell and I gobbled it up happily! I love this Bobiverse and am more than ready to dive back in to see what amazing things the Bobs will create and how they will destroy the Others before the Others destroy the universe with their machinations. I absolutely love this series and I am so happy to see that they are getting the upgrade treatment so that many others can experience all the science and science fiction of the Bobs! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read this awesome book in an awesome series!