Joqi Sepeda and Dawn, a self-aware AI entity, have launched on a priority mission to locate exoplanets suitable for human colonization. Leaving family was heartbreaking, but made necessary by radical, freakish changes to Joqi’s physiology that occurred on his previous mission; changes that greatly enhanced his mental capabilities.Joqi’s mental prowess quickly draws the attention of vastly superior beings that have a secret, dangerous mission of their own—and they need his help. But first they must force Joqi to hone his mental skills by enduring several life-threatening challenges, which have at stake the fate of other sentient species.As Joqi’s mental capabilities increase, he suspects and then questions the superior beings’ objectives. A universal plan is revealed that is eons old—and mindboggling.Joqi wonders how he can survive the incredible endgame, which involves augmented reality on a cosmic scale...
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Ezra E. Manes, Jr. was a Program Director for design and development of numerous advanced digital image and signal processing systems. His last position in industry was Director, Commercial Remote Sensing Systems for Raytheon, Inc., where he managed the development and delivery of ground-based image processing systems for commercial Earth remote imaging satellite enterprises. He played lead roles in developing several state-of-the-art combat, communications, and information processing systems, and had direct marketing responsibility for those systems. He enjoyed a very rewarding U.S. Navy career spanning almost twenty-three years. He earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri, and has written three science fiction novels, many fiction stories, non-fiction articles, and system development proposals. He and his wife Jan reside on their Ozark farm near Thayer, Missouri, where he continues to write.
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