Dark Intelligence
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One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed . . .
Thorvald Spear wakes in hospital, where he finds hes been brought back from the dead. Whats more, he died in a human vs. alien war that ended a whole century ago. But when he relives his traumatic final moments, he finds the spark to keep on living. That spark is vengeance. Trapped and desperate on a world surrounded by alien Prador forces, Spear had seen a rescue ship arriving. But instead of providing backup, Penny Royal, the AI within the destroyer turned rogue. It annihilated friendly forces in a frenzy of destruction, and, years later, its still free. Spear vows to track it across worlds and do whatever it takes to bring it down.
Isobel Satomi ran a successful crime syndicate. But after competitors attacked, she needed more power. Yet she got more than she bargained for when she negotiated with Penny Royal. She paid it to turn her part-AI herself, but the upgrades hid a horrifying secret. The Dark AI had triggered a transformation in Isobel that would turn her into a monster, rapidly evolving into something far from human.
Spear hires Isobel to take him to the Penny Royal AIs last known whereabouts. But he cheats her in the process and he becomes a target for her vengeance. And as she is evolves further into a monstrous predator, rage soon wins over reason. Will Spear finish his hunt, before he becomes the hunted?
Continue the action-packed adventure with War Factory and Infinity Engine.
Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future - David Brin, author of the Uplift trilogy
ID товара
2872180
Издательство
Не установлено
Год издания
2021
ISBN
978-1-50-986851-3, 978-1-5098-6851-3
Количество страниц
470
Размер
3x13x19.7
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Мягкий переплёт
Вес, г
330
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Dark Intelligence is the first novel in the Transformation series, a no-holds-barred adventure set in Neal Ashers popular Polity universe.
One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed . . .
Thorvald Spear wakes in hospital, where he finds hes been brought back from the dead. Whats more, he died in a human vs. alien war that ended a whole century ago. But when he relives his traumatic final moments, he finds the spark to keep on living. That spark is vengeance. Trapped and desperate on a world surrounded by alien Prador forces, Spear had seen a rescue ship arriving. But instead of providing backup, Penny Royal, the AI within the destroyer turned rogue. It annihilated friendly forces in a frenzy of destruction, and, years later, its still free. Spear vows to track it across worlds and do whatever it takes to bring it down.
Isobel Satomi ran a successful crime syndicate. But after competitors attacked, she needed more power. Yet she got more than she bargained for when she negotiated with Penny Royal. She paid it to turn her part-AI herself, but the upgrades hid a horrifying secret. The Dark AI had triggered a transformation in Isobel that would turn her into a monster, rapidly evolving into something far from human.
Spear hires Isobel to take him to the Penny Royal AIs last known whereabouts. But he cheats her in the process and he becomes a target for her vengeance. And as she is evolves further into a monstrous predator, rage soon wins over reason. Will Spear finish his hunt, before he becomes the hunted?
Continue the action-packed adventure with War Factory and Infinity Engine.
Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future - David Brin, author of the Uplift trilogy
One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed . . .
Thorvald Spear wakes in hospital, where he finds hes been brought back from the dead. Whats more, he died in a human vs. alien war that ended a whole century ago. But when he relives his traumatic final moments, he finds the spark to keep on living. That spark is vengeance. Trapped and desperate on a world surrounded by alien Prador forces, Spear had seen a rescue ship arriving. But instead of providing backup, Penny Royal, the AI within the destroyer turned rogue. It annihilated friendly forces in a frenzy of destruction, and, years later, its still free. Spear vows to track it across worlds and do whatever it takes to bring it down.
Isobel Satomi ran a successful crime syndicate. But after competitors attacked, she needed more power. Yet she got more than she bargained for when she negotiated with Penny Royal. She paid it to turn her part-AI herself, but the upgrades hid a horrifying secret. The Dark AI had triggered a transformation in Isobel that would turn her into a monster, rapidly evolving into something far from human.
Spear hires Isobel to take him to the Penny Royal AIs last known whereabouts. But he cheats her in the process and he becomes a target for her vengeance. And as she is evolves further into a monstrous predator, rage soon wins over reason. Will Spear finish his hunt, before he becomes the hunted?
Continue the action-packed adventure with War Factory and Infinity Engine.
Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future - David Brin, author of the Uplift trilogy
Слишком много персонажей в этой серии ничего не привносят в нее. Мало того, в них мало индивидуальности, и все они ведут себя одинаково, будь то ИИ, Прадор или человек.
Я не понял смысла в том, что Спир ведет повествование от 1-го лица, в этом нет никакого смысла. Что касается Пенни Ройал, или, может быть, Пенни Дредфул, ну такой никчемный антагонист! Сатоми была гораздо интереснее, а когда она исчезла из сюжета и ее заменили скучные персонажи вроде Амистад и Блайта, все стало еще хуже.
Кроме того, мне просто не было дела до крабов - они опять же не служили никакой цели, кроме как заполнить страницы и обеспечить сюжетную линию для персонажа, который меня просто не интересовал.