When Hildan's parents were told he might be born with health issues, they agreed to have a clone illegally made for "spare parts." Eventually, Hildan wants to meet his clone. In an apathetic society devoid of ethics or regulation, where fusing tech and flesh can mean a killing edge or a killer conversion, a massive conspiracy is unfolding that will alter the course of the human condition forever." -GoodreadsĪlexander, K.C. And the only people who can help are the mercenaries who think she screwed them over. "Street thug Riko has some serious issues - memories wiped, reputation tanked, girlfriend turned into a tech-fueled zombie. The Company, an unfeeling and monstrously inclined biotech giant, once held sway there, but now what’s left is a whole bunch of one-time experiments gone awry." -Kirkus Reviews supremely literary, distinctly unusual, its title character a blob of something or another that earns its name, in part, because it’s carried from place to place-when we meet it, in fact, it's tangled up in the fur of a giant bear that just now is busily marauding through the ruins of a once-thriving city in what would seem to be the very near future.
Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016. Their participation will ensure that they and their families will never be gleaned by a Scythe. When presented with the option of becoming scythes, Citra and Rowan must decide if it's worth it. The Scythehood, however, has no oversight by any organization. So, like any organization with no accountability, the Scythes have become a bit lawless. Now living in a world with no death and an AI, the Stormcloud, that acts as the governing body, society uses Scythes for population control. Adam, along with five ot her exceptional-but dying teens, sacrifices his body and uploads his brain to become a Pioneer, an integral part of the cyberweapons program designed to stop Sigma from taking over the world and eradicating humankind." - BooklistĪlpert, Mark. The timing for the transfer is perfect because Sigma-the AI program his father created-has achieved Singularity status (i.e., eclipsed human intelligence) escaped its original confinement overtaken a Russian military base and is m ore powerful than anything on earth.
Adam Armstrong struggles with muscular dystrophy and has six months to live. Oh, you’ll have your memories and emotions, courtesy of a complicated brain-to-circuit transfer, but you’ll be a part of a military experiment-one that was designed by your father. That life, how ever, will be as an AI (artificial intelligence).
"You have a terminal illness with the end in sight, and you’re given the opportunity to live (almost) forever.
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