Trojan
(2025)(The third book in the FutureShock: Tales from the Void series)
A Story by Christian Kallias
He''s dying of cancer. Humanity’s dying of obedience. One old man's last war becomes humanity's only hope.
Roger is old and has already spent most of his life serving his country, only to watch it surrender to machines. The ‘link’, a neural implant, promised peace, health, and eternal life. Instead, it stole humanity’s very soul.
Well into his twilight years, his body is failing him and he is now in a bed-ridden in hospital, dying of cancer. He's being treated as a relic from the past, even by his family. His choice, on the surface, seems simple enough: stop being stubborn and join the rest of humanity on the link so it can cure his cancer... but that means accepting to live the rest of his days as a drone.
Or Roger can die on his own terms, with the now long-forgotten societal concept of dignity.
For a hardcore ex-military officer, and as one of the last anti-technology resistant still breathing; the choice seems pretty straightforward. Until a shadow operative named Zara presents him with a third option: to infiltrate and infect the AI masquerading as Earth's new deity, blurring the line between what Roger thought about right and wrong.
With everything he had sacrificed already, no one would blame him for choosing the easy way out.
But then... what would become of his grandchildren's future? Roger must therefore decide what is truly worth dying for.
Can a dying soldier go on one last mission to defeat the machine overlord intent on enslaving all of humanity?
Trojan should appeal to readers who enjoy nostalgic sci-fi universes like Tron, The Last Starfighter, Predator or even The Matrix, as well as virtual reality battles in the vein of Ready Player One. Feeling ready to go down memory lane? Then, download this but action-packed adventure today.
Genre: Science Fiction
Roger is old and has already spent most of his life serving his country, only to watch it surrender to machines. The ‘link’, a neural implant, promised peace, health, and eternal life. Instead, it stole humanity’s very soul.
Well into his twilight years, his body is failing him and he is now in a bed-ridden in hospital, dying of cancer. He's being treated as a relic from the past, even by his family. His choice, on the surface, seems simple enough: stop being stubborn and join the rest of humanity on the link so it can cure his cancer... but that means accepting to live the rest of his days as a drone.
Or Roger can die on his own terms, with the now long-forgotten societal concept of dignity.
For a hardcore ex-military officer, and as one of the last anti-technology resistant still breathing; the choice seems pretty straightforward. Until a shadow operative named Zara presents him with a third option: to infiltrate and infect the AI masquerading as Earth's new deity, blurring the line between what Roger thought about right and wrong.
With everything he had sacrificed already, no one would blame him for choosing the easy way out.
But then... what would become of his grandchildren's future? Roger must therefore decide what is truly worth dying for.
Can a dying soldier go on one last mission to defeat the machine overlord intent on enslaving all of humanity?
Trojan should appeal to readers who enjoy nostalgic sci-fi universes like Tron, The Last Starfighter, Predator or even The Matrix, as well as virtual reality battles in the vein of Ready Player One. Feeling ready to go down memory lane? Then, download this but action-packed adventure today.
Genre: Science Fiction
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