Dark Symmetry
(2026)(The third book in the Shadow Mode series)
A novel by Craig Bell and Kevin Steverson
In the Depths of Space, Something is making Entire Fleets Disappear
The enemy isn’t always new. Sometimes, it’s just evolved.
As the Terran Alliance pushes into uncharted systems beyond the Russian frontier, it finds… something waiting. An ancient machine species, self-replicating and adaptive, has begun dismantling entire colonies for raw materials. Dubbed the Architects, they communicate in patterns only Mike seems able to decode.
And when the Alliance orders the MIMIC unit to lead a counterstrike, Ryerson and Mike uncover a link between the Architects’ code and the Terran AI research that spawned the MIMIC program itself. Facing annihilation, Marines and mechs must question whether humanity created its own destroyer centuries ago.
Genre: Science Fiction
The enemy isn’t always new. Sometimes, it’s just evolved.
As the Terran Alliance pushes into uncharted systems beyond the Russian frontier, it finds… something waiting. An ancient machine species, self-replicating and adaptive, has begun dismantling entire colonies for raw materials. Dubbed the Architects, they communicate in patterns only Mike seems able to decode.
And when the Alliance orders the MIMIC unit to lead a counterstrike, Ryerson and Mike uncover a link between the Architects’ code and the Terran AI research that spawned the MIMIC program itself. Facing annihilation, Marines and mechs must question whether humanity created its own destroyer centuries ago.
Genre: Science Fiction
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