The Illuminist: and the Hidden Codex (The Illuminist Saga)

By Nick Airus

Nick Airus' debut novel, a science-fiction mystery adventure, uncovers a conspiracy so huge it involves everything from the Gnostic Gospels to a coded statue on the CIA grounds known as Kryptos. Connecting hidden history with cutting-edge science, this engrossing novel projects the Transhumanist movement forty years into the future with stunning clarity. In the year 2059, photo-realistic holograms seamlessly augment our reality. They are guided by an AI superintelligence designed to entrance the human mind. The AI's creator is a mysterious and hypnotic man, surprisingly young to have amassed such awesome power. Master of the "Illuminati," his global shadow government refers to him reverently as The Illuminist. This infamous cabal of ruling elites is obsessed with his promise to merge with technology and become "the gods." Given that the next age of enlightenment is blasting off, it's most peculiar the fate of our world hangs on an unlikely pair of orphans, Peter and Olivia Luvall. A series of shocking events that tip a secret society's centuries-old plans in motion is about to begin. The quickening towards an event known as the "Singularity" races on ... and the "chosen one" has yet to imagine learning a lost art that puts human destiny in the palm of your hand.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980217831
• ISBN13: 9781980217831
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.7" x 6.0"