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Extinction (2013)

by Mark Alpert(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1250021340 (ISBN13: 9781250021342)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

review 1: Mark Alpert looks at the opposite of the ideas the late Martin Caidin created in Cyborg which became The Six Million Dollar Man And also at the modern view of artificial limbs. In the near future Jim Pierce builds replacement limbs for soldiers, limbs that are a bit better than the ones that came natural. He uses computer chips hooked to the brain to motivate them. Then his hacker, and estranged daughter, Layla, gets information from China. Chinese are willing to attack Jim in their attempt to find her. It seems that the Chinese have been experimenting with computer chips that turn human beings into modules of a computer and that computer plus hookups has become self-aware and wants the Extinction of humanity (hard from Thomas Donne books which I got from the library). Af... moreter incorporating its maker and learning the techniques to create other modules, it starts growing turning leaders People’s republic into its modules. Soon Layla and her father are on the run, using every trick they can to not only survive, but also to stop this monster. This is an edge-of-the seat thriller, impossible to put down. Review printed in the Philadelphia Weekly Press
review 2: They are coming and they are not happy with us. Supreme Harmony is a company that has mastered artificial intelligence. Their robots are linked together and have been designed using the human brain but now something is happening - they are aware. Fantastic science fiction (we hope!) mixed with a high speed government thriller. What has started as technology to help mankind has fallen into the hands of the wrong people and now the world and all humanity is at stake. Fans of Michael Crichton's Micro and Jurassic Park will appreciate the irony of man's creation turning against its master because of a power struggle. This book will be available for everyone on February 22nd. less

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