ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME
The singularity is coming.
Many prominent futurists predict that the next stage in evolution, the merger of humans and machines, will occur at some point during the 21st century. But the consequences of this “singularity” remain unclear. Will we transcend our mortal limitations and achieve a utopian dream? Or will we suffer a living nightmare, in which our minds are duplicated, commodified, and transformed in horrific ways?
ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME, a debut sci-fi thriller, presents a vision of our future that is both wildly imaginative and chillingly persuasive.
SYNOPSIS
The year is 2045.
18-year-old Charlie Nobunaga creates the world’s first sentient A.I. and becomes an overnight sensation. But amid the red carpet galas and TV interviews, Charlie is diagnosed with cancer, and her promising future grinds to a halt.
Enter Jude Adler, a tech mogul with dreams of changing history. She presents Charlie with an opportunity that’s at once insane and irresistible: a second chance at life inside a new robotic body. But as Charlie soon discovers, Jude’s motivations are far from pure.
Charlie’s brain is scanned, and four distinct copies of her emerge:
ZERO
the dying humanis discarded by Jude, only to be captured by a rival Luddite organization
ECHO
a four-armed killeris forced to play a deadly game with a billion clones
SHADOW
a holographic assistantis stripped of her memories and trained to serve a desperate widower
PRIME
an advanced robotis subjected to a battery of tests after murdering a technician in a blind rage
ZERO, ECHO, SHADOW, and PRIME wake up under different forms of imprisonment–scared and confused–where they must each face a unique trial. But their stories soon intersect in surprising ways as they retaliate against the people determined to destroy them.
Suspenseful and cerebral in equal measure, ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME is a kinetic thriller that finds the magic in technology and the wonder in human consciousness.
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The set-up is compelling, and the focus on driven, well-rounded female characters in a work of serious science fiction is refreshing, but where the book really excels is in the intricate interweaving of four different plotlines that exist in different realities. It’s a deft balancing act that never falters.
— VANCE KOTRLA, Nerds-feather.com‘ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME’ made my brain hurt. In a good way. It incorporates ideas that are dazzlingly original but also totally accessible because they are tied to our present.
— JAC SCHAEFFER, Director of TiMER‘ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME’ is that book that sucks you in, page after page, through a combination of mystery, action, and damn good storytelling. Fans of ‘Ready, Player One’ and ‘Ender’s Game’ will fall in love with this book.
— AMIRA MAKANSI, Co-author of The SowingI love ‘ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME’. I’ve read it twice already. If it were a film, I would see it this weekend… Now I’m sad that I can’t see it this weekend.
— MARK LANDRY, Writer/Creator of BloodthirstyIf you love science fiction with fresh ideas, this book is a treat. Samet has packed in so many fascinating concepts that work together to create a vivid, original, believable world a little too-close-for-comfort to our own.
— SOFIE BIRD, AuthorABOUT THE AUTHOR
PETER SAMET
An unabashed geek, Peter is always searching for intelligence, whether it be artificial, extraterrestrial, or his own. He earned his storytelling chops at USC Film School, learned from the best at Pixar Animation Studios, and edited numerous indie films.
ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME is his first novel.
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