The Meadow Trilogy: Paradise, Secrets & Locksley in the Meadow

By J M S Jenk

"How to decide?

Luke Carmichael wrote the code that could remake the world: on Q-Day. His choice to launch it is fraught: a personal achievement with profound impact on society or; a betrayal of his values and threat to humankind.

Luke finds himself in Las Vegas, anxiously awaiting a vital Venture Capital investment to perfect Spirit-his Artificial General Intelligence system. In a city where a flip of a card can rewrite a new chapter for a person, Luke believes his system can script a better book for everyone.

Waiting for his investors, Luke continues refining Spirit while working as a part-time chauffeur at Paradise Tower: a luxury high-rise where the residents guard secrets more carefully than their fortunes. Las Vegas is a nexus where the casino economy and the machinery of war thrive in a dark symbiosis. Commercial and military interests deploy AI-enabled architectures to direct 24/7/365 surveillance. Yet, the Tower remains a mystery.

Nothing is quite what it seems.
When death strikes the Tower, powerful global interests converge on what he has created.

Luke is a young cognitive scientist, not a soldier. He is forced to face a devastating reality: while he sees Spirit as a tool to progress, others see it only as a weapon. A cascading wave of events forces Luke to reconsider not only who he can trust to further his ambitions-but what he is prepared to sacrifice as Singularity beckons.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9908988514
• ISBN13: 9789908988511
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Artifex-Works
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.2" x 6.0"