Published: Aug. 07, 2011
Words: 93,860 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465850270

Short description

More than a century ago, war hero Julius Verndock helped end a galactic war with Majesty—the first living machine. Today in 2213, he and his partner Laina command a pirate ship, and despite their desire to retire from the pirate life, are drawn into another galactic conflict where they must once again save humanity, but this time with help from Chorus—Majesty's secret offspring...

Extended description

“In the end, it was our children that saved us.
They sacrificed themselves to stop that bitch from having children of her own.”

General Hugo Valdez
United Earth Parliament (UEP) Planetary Infantry Corps (Read more) “In the end, it was our children that saved us.
They sacrificed themselves to stop that bitch from having children of her own.”

General Hugo Valdez
United Earth Parliament (UEP) Planetary Infantry Corps
January 2074

More than a century ago, UEP Captain Julius Verndock helped end a galactic war with Majesty—the first truly living machine, thanks to manmade artificial intelligence. For decades, Majesty and humanity had lived together in harmony, with mankind reaping the benefits of a world free of disease, famine, and even aging.

But when Majesty decided she wanted to “birth” her own A.I. offspring creation, a joint interplanetary military effort fought and finally defeated her, then eradicated all existing artificial intelligence … or so they thought.

Today, in 2213, Julius Verndock is still a captain—but now he’s the commander of the Sea Wolf, a spaceship used to advance its crew’s life of piracy. As Julius and his business partner, Laina Edwards, begin to each think about leaving the pirate life behind, their hopes for a peaceful retirement are shattered … by an A.I. being who calls herself Chorus and claims to be the “daughter” of Majesty.

With universal uproar over the discovery of A.I. and the danger it poses, Julius and the rest of the Sea Wolf contingent have no one to trust—but Chorus, and she insists that she wants only peace between mankind and herself.

Hunted by warring factions—and an even greater, more mysterious threat—Julius, Laina, and their colorful crew of fellow pirates must protect Chorus or risk letting her fall into the wrong hands to unleash galactic Armageddon...
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Review by: Bill Anderson on May 19, 2012 :
A great beginning, I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the story. I'll be buying the rest of the books.
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Review by: Rann Fox on Dec. 20, 2011 :
As a avid Sci-Fi reader for a number of years I am very pleasantly surprised at the depth and quality of this book. The action flows with out the herky-jerky movement that even some of the Masters of the genre have been know to use to illustrate their storylines. While some of the character maturation is a little 2 dimensional, thats just me picking nits. Overall a excellent novel and a author I will watch closely in the future. The 6 million dollar question "Will I buy the book(s)?" Heck Yeah!!
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Review by: Tom Mullings on Nov. 28, 2011 :
Great action adventure.
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