The Future We Left Behind - Couverture rigide

Lancaster, Mike A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1606844105 ISBN 13 : 9781606844106

Editeur : Carolrhoda Lab, 2012

Synopsis

The Future We Left Behind A thousand years after the release of the Straker Tapes, when Peter and Alpha discover that stories of human upgrades are true, they strive to stop a group of scientists from making a decision that could destroy humanity. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Thousands of years in the future the divide between humanity and technology has become nearly unrecognizable. Each thought, each action is logged, coded, backed up. Data is as easily exchanged through the fiber-optic-like cables that extend from fingertips as it might be through ordinary conversation. It's a brave new world: A world that the Straker Tapes say is a result of many human "upgrades." But no one is sure whether the Straker Tapes are a work of fiction or an eerie peek into an unimaginable past.
 
Nearly sixteen-year-old Peter Vincent has been raised to believe that everything that the backward Strakerites cling to is insane--an utter waste of time and potential. Since his father is David Vincent, genius inventor of the artificial bees that saved the world's
crops and prevented massive famine, how could Peter believe anything else?
 
But when Peter meets Alpha, a Strakerite his own age, suddenly the theories about society-upgrades don't sound quite so crazy, especially when she shows him evidence that another upgrade is imminent. And worse, there may be a conspiracy by the leaders of the establishment to cover it up. A conspiracy spearheaded by Peter's own father.
 
Gripping and full of unexpected twists, The Future We Left Behind takes the unsettling questions raised in Human.4, and flips them entirely. What if we knew that the very way we live was about to be changed in an instant, and we could stop it? And what if everything we are sure we know is entirely wrong?

Biographie de l'auteur

Mike A. Lancaster's love of science fiction was forged at an early age by reading Gulliver's Travels, The War of the Worlds, and Journey to the Center of the Earth, and watching Gerry Anderson shows, Doctor Who, Quartermass movies, and Star Trek. His first novel, Human.4, introduced a chilling techno-world where we only think we're in control.

He lives in Cambridge, England, with his wife, children, a menagerie of pets, and bees that may or may not have a very nefarious purpose.

Visit him online at www.mikealancaster.com or follow him on Twitter @mikealancaster. The author lives in Cambridge, England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Carolrhoda Lab
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1606844105
• ISBN 13: 9781606844106
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 367
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible