Synopsis
The Die Back — the death of billions through war, famine, plague, and infrastructure collapse — appears almost inevitable.
Only constant intervention by the advanced artificial intelligences of the Skellig Michael Institute is holding humanity back from a new dark age… or extinction.
As the global situation worsens, the Institute begins relocating its headquarters from high Earth orbit to Luna. The first wave of colonists will soon depart aboard the Marathon, a skyscraper-sized spacecraft carrying the Institute’s most critical personnel — and its most powerful AIs.
But the Institute has been compromised.
A high-ranking mole is working from within, determined to sabotage the mission and destroy the very intelligences keeping civilization alive. The only clues to the traitor’s identity are the dying words of a terrorist.
Edward Wolfe, an Institute operative, is tasked with uncovering the mole before the relocation turns catastrophic. His partner is Morgan Fahaey, a female cyborg who shares her consciousness with the Institute’s senior AI — a union that raises unsettling questions about loyalty, autonomy, and control.
While part of the Wolfe Files series, The Hunger Star is a fully self-contained novel and can be read independently.
The investigation leads from religious extremists in England to the war-ravaged Dalmatian coast, the earthquake-shattered ruins of Vancouver, and finally into space itself. With political pressure mounting and time running out, Wolfe must decide whom — or what — to trust.
A near-future science fiction thriller combining artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and dark humor, The Hunger Star explores how fragile human authority becomes once our most powerful creations begin making choices of their own.
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À propos de l?auteur
Chris Atack is a science and SF writer. He is especially interested in the tensions between rapidly advancing technology and lagging forms of governance. When not obsessing about the mess that is modern society, he tries to improve his French and become a better sailor.
Before turning to fiction full-time, Chris was a career science writer, focusing on health care (especially for cancer and vascular diseases) and information technology. He specialized in "translating" complex concepts into easy-to-understand language for readers with little or no formal training in science. He is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Science Fiction Canada and the Canadian Science Writers' Association.
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The Hunger Star
Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 390 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.88 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur zk0995176914
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