Commander Scott McNabb and the crew of the science vessel, Hermes, are three years into a five-year-long survey of the asteroid belt when they discover a derelict spaceship in orbit around a binary asteroid. The ship contains an experimental quantum device, lost while en route to a research colony on Europa.
On Earth, powerful corporate forces are moving to resume unrestricted, inter-AI communications, their objective being to gain complete dominion over the colonized solar system. But the outer worlds are mobilizing to prevent them from achieving their objective, a fight back which is being led by Solomon, a sentient quantum intelligence (QI), also on Europa.
However, once word of the crew's discovery gets out, they soon realize that ownership of this technology could fundamentally change the balance of power within the solar system, and they now find themselves at the very nexus of a system-wide conflict.
Their fight for survival plays out across the solar system, from the mining outposts of the asteroid belt to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and from the great Martian city of Jezero to the irradiated wastelands on Earth.
This is an epic tale of humanity's struggle for survival and meaning in a time when artificial intelligence has finally out-paced our own ability to control it.
What Amazon readers are saying:
'This is grand vision SciFi in the style of Ian Banks. Great story, great characters... '
'Exciting sci fi with interesting ideas. You will enjoy it.'
'It moves very quickly, holds your interest. I couldn't put it down. Great story and characters.'
'A thriller with characters worth caring about.'
'Great series of books. I would recommend them to anyone that's a fan of scifi.'
'If you enjoy science fiction that isn't about marauding aliens, you'll enjoy this series as much as I did.'
'The whole series has a good flow. No weird space monsters just plausible AI. A cautionary tale.'
About The Belt:The story is set a century or so into the future where humanity has colonized most of the inner solar system. The asteroid belt (The Belt) is now a hive of mining activity and ships ply the trade routes to Earth and Mars. The technology depicted, for the most part, is what I consider to be technically plausible, although I do stretch it a little with quantum entanglement. That said, you won't need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.
Genre: Science Fiction
On Earth, powerful corporate forces are moving to resume unrestricted, inter-AI communications, their objective being to gain complete dominion over the colonized solar system. But the outer worlds are mobilizing to prevent them from achieving their objective, a fight back which is being led by Solomon, a sentient quantum intelligence (QI), also on Europa.
However, once word of the crew's discovery gets out, they soon realize that ownership of this technology could fundamentally change the balance of power within the solar system, and they now find themselves at the very nexus of a system-wide conflict.
Their fight for survival plays out across the solar system, from the mining outposts of the asteroid belt to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and from the great Martian city of Jezero to the irradiated wastelands on Earth.
This is an epic tale of humanity's struggle for survival and meaning in a time when artificial intelligence has finally out-paced our own ability to control it.
What Amazon readers are saying:
'This is grand vision SciFi in the style of Ian Banks. Great story, great characters... '
'Exciting sci fi with interesting ideas. You will enjoy it.'
'It moves very quickly, holds your interest. I couldn't put it down. Great story and characters.'
'A thriller with characters worth caring about.'
'Great series of books. I would recommend them to anyone that's a fan of scifi.'
'If you enjoy science fiction that isn't about marauding aliens, you'll enjoy this series as much as I did.'
'The whole series has a good flow. No weird space monsters just plausible AI. A cautionary tale.'
About The Belt:The story is set a century or so into the future where humanity has colonized most of the inner solar system. The asteroid belt (The Belt) is now a hive of mining activity and ships ply the trade routes to Earth and Mars. The technology depicted, for the most part, is what I consider to be technically plausible, although I do stretch it a little with quantum entanglement. That said, you won't need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.
Genre: Science Fiction
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