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Genesis
by Bernard BeckettA stunning debut novel that's as rich in ideas as it is in suspense, destined to become a modern classic of post-apocalyptic literature Anax thinks she knows history. Her grueling all-day Examination has just begun, and if she passes, she’ll be admitted into the Academy—the elite governing institution of her utopian society. But Anax is about to discover that for all her learning, the history she’s been taught isn’t the whole story. And the Academy isn’t what she believes it to be. In this brilliant novel of dazzling ingenuity, Anax’s examination leads us into a future where we are confronted with unresolved questions raised by science and philosophy. Centuries old, these questions have gained new urgency in the face of rapidly developing technology. What is consciousness? What makes us human? If artificial intelligence were developed to a high enough capability, what special status could humanity still claim? Outstanding and original, Beckett’s dramatic narrative comes to a shocking conclusion.
Genesis
by Bernard BeckettThe island Republic has emerged from a ruined world. Its citizens are safe but not free. Until a man named Adam Forde rescues a girl from the sea. Fourteen-year-old Anax thinks she knows her history. She'd better. She's sat facing three Examiners and her five-hour examination has just begun. The subject is close to her heart: Adam Forde, her long-dead hero. In a series of startling twists, Anax discovers new things about Adam and her people that question everything she holds sacred. But why is the Academy allowing her to open up the enigma at its heart? Bernard Beckett has written a strikingly original novel that weaves dazzling ideas into a truly moving story about a young girl on the brink of her future.
Genesis
by Bernard BeckettThe island Republic has emerged from a ruined world. Its citizens are safe but not free. Until a man named Adam Forde rescues a girl from the sea. Fourteen-year-old Anax thinks she knows her history. She'd better. She's sat facing three Examiners and her five-hour examination has just begun. The subject is close to her heart: Adam Forde, her long-dead hero. In a series of startling twists, Anax discovers new things about Adam and her people that question everything she holds sacred. But why is the Academy allowing her to open up the enigma at its heart? Bernard Beckett has written a strikingly original novel that weaves dazzling ideas into a truly moving story about a young girl on the brink of her future.
Genesis: A Novel
by Bernard BeckettA thought-provoking tale of the future set on an isolated island fortress: &“The ending is an absolute mind-blower&” (Booklist). Anax thinks she knows history. She has studied the stories of the distant twenty-first century very diligently. Her grueling all-day examination has just begun, and if she passes, she&’ll be admitted into the Academy—the elite governing institution of her utopian society. But Anax is about to discover that for all her learning, the history she&’s been taught isn&’t the whole story. And the Academy isn&’t what she believes it to be. In this brilliant and suspenseful novel, Anax&’s examination leads us into a future where we are confronted with unresolved questions about technology and humanity, artificial intelligence and the nature of consciousness. &“A philosophical inquiry of sorts into a favorite and time-tested conundrum: Can a machine achieve consciousness, and if so, what should its relationship with its creators be?&” —The Wall Street Journal
Genesis
by Geoffrey CarrWatching... waiting... planning Hidden somewhere, deep in the Cloud, something is collating information. It reads everything;, it learns, it watches. And it plans. Around the world, researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs are being killed in a string of apparently unrelated accidents. But when intelligence-agency analysts spot a pattern they struggle to find the culprit, blocked at every step--by reluctant allies and scheming enemies. Meanwhile a multi-billionaire inventor and forward-thinker is working hard to realise his dream, and trying to keep it hidden from everyone--one government investigating him, and another helping him. But deep in the Cloud something is watching him, too. And deep in the Cloud, it plans.
Genesis
by Keith R. A. DecandidoThe Hive: a subterranean genetic research facility owned and operated by Umbrella, an immensely powerful corporation with interests in everything from human longevity to biowarfare. With computerized defenses and heavily armed human backup, the Hive is impregnable and invulnerable. Or so Umbrella believes. But something has gone fatally wrong. The Hive has lost containment of its most lethal and horrific creation: a virus that kills and reanimates human life, reducing the entire facility staff of five hundred men and women to mindless creatures with a single driving force -- hunger. And the key to stopping them rests with one young woman who cannot even remember who she is.
Genesis
by W. A. HarbinsonGENESIS is a once-in-a-lifetime novel of searing terror and explosive excitement. There is a global conspiracy of such enormity that those who encounter even its outermost fringes are inevitably contaminated. A conspiracy based on incredibly advanced technology of 'Earthly' origin. A conspiracy dedicated to the eventual enslavement and subversion of humanity as we know it. A conspiracy stretching through time - across icy polar wastes and jungle hideouts... into the cold vacuum of space itself. A conspiracy poised to turn life on Earth into a chilling nightmare of living death. Unless... GENESIS is more - much more - than a gripping, frighteningly plausible story. It is the reading experience that will alter the way you look at your world... and your universe!
Génesis: La era de los místicos (La era de los Místicos #2)
by Adriana González MárquezGénesis es el segundo volumen de La era de los Místicos, la nueva trilogía de Adriana González Márquez, la autora que llevó a sus lectores a un mundo de fantasía. Matheo Govami ha descubierto que es hijo de un dragón y una humana, y además tiene un medio hermano. Pero no tiene mucho tiempo para asimilar esto, porque los Místicos han iniciado un fuerte ataque contra los humanos y se ven obligados a huir. Un cambio en la temperatura les ayudará a los paladines a encontrar un punto débil en los malvados dragones (el frío), y esto a su vez les servirá para saber cuáles son sus planes: buscan apoderarse de cuantos mundos sean posibles para esclavizar una vez más a la raza humana. A Matheo y sus amigos no les quedará de otra más que confiar en Ramel, el único dragón que parece no querer acabar con los humanos.Mientras tanto, Eridani está transitando por una dolorosa pero necesaria elevación, y Matheo espera impaciente que la chica despierte, pues es inútil seguir ocultando sus sentimientos por ella. El ataque de los dragones es inminente, pero los paladines cuentan con nuevos aliados. Además, ellos bien saben que para que una nueva era surja, a veces es necesario que las cosas mueran, y ése es un sacrificio que están dispuestos a realizar.
Genesis (Glory #1)
by Dale MayerThis is the first book in the new paranormal fantasy series Glory. Genesis and her sisters are the last of her maternal line, the last of the stargazers – except she is a dropout in the energy worker talent department. Gentle, non-assuming Genesis Chandler is supposed to be protecting the woods, as is her nature – she's an energy worker – but since Granny's death and her sisters leaving town, she's lost sight of much in her life. While she was living with blinders on, someone else took advantage. Connor has been called in to investigate the sacred forest. Something odd is happening to the reserve, and it's affecting the town's energy source. That also means it's connected to the sacred pools. He's got energy problems himself and needs Genesis to get to the bottom of this problem. Genesis has no love for Connor. His fault. He loved her and left her, not realizing he'd left the best part of himself behind – his heart. Can they work together to find out who is destroying their energy reserve – a resource that's key to the life of all who live on Glory? Their survival depends on it.
Genesis
by H. Beam PiperWas this ill-fated expedition the end of a proud, old race--or the beginning of a new one? There are strange gaps in our records of the past. We find traces of man-like things--but, suddenly, man appears, far too much developed to be the "next step" in a well-linked chain of evolutionary evidence. Perhaps something like the events of this story furnishes the answer to the riddle.
Genesis (Project Nemesis #2)
by Brendan Reichs“Reichs knows exactly how to mix action, suspense, and characters into a breathless read.” —Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of WarcrossThe blistering sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling Nemesis by Brendan Reichs. Noah Livingston knows he is destined to survive. The 64 members of Fire Lake's sophomore class are trapped in a place where morals have no meaning and zero rules apply. But Noah's deaths have trained him-hardened him-to lead the strongest into the future ... whatever that may be. And at any cost. Min Wilder knows that survival alone isn't enough. In a violent world where brute force passes for leadership, it's tempting to lay back and let everyone else battle it out. But Min's instincts rebel against allowing others to decide who lives and who dies. She's ready to fight for what she believes in. And against whomever might stand in her way.
Génesis 6 em Santa María de Villa Hermosa
by Sandra De Freitas Moreira Da Silva E Nogueira RonyferGênesis 6 em Santa María de Villa Hermosa é acima de tudo uma mensagem de esperança. RonyFer conta uma história que toca religião e ficção, para alertar os leitores sobre uma possível unificação da humanidade através do amor, compreensão, solidariedade e pode ser uma realidade, se olharmos para o mundo de outra perspectiva e se agirmos de outra forma o desconhecido e, fundamentalmente, para o nosso vizinho.
Genesis 6 in Santa Maria de Villa Hermosa
by Ronyfer Toscana Margarita NavasA Sci Fi Novel about the Mayans and their view of the world. The Mayan Gods creators sent a messenger from space to a Quiche Maya community in Guatemala to engender virginal girls of quiche ethnies, and two children would be the messengers from the gods to deliver a message, a warning at the General Assembly Plenary of the United Nations to convey to the world that they have one last chance to save the planet.
Génesis de la Luz
by D. M. CainPaíses en guerra, criaturas fantásticas, seres de terrible poder y viajes de escala épica. El legendario Libro de Alcherys cuenta historias salvajes e inimaginables. Pero no son simples cuentos de hadas. Son verdaderas, cada palabra. La calista Nienna es fuerte e independiente, pero nada podría haberla preparado para que la civilización llegara a un final violento. Ahora, se ve obligada a mantenerse con vida en un desierto desolado con solo su mejor amigo como apoyo. Ella tiene dos opciones: rendirse y morir con el mundo marchito que la rodea, o apoderarse de su destino y llegar al único santuario ileso. Al final de su viaje, algo le espera a Calista. Algo a la vez aterrador e increíble.
Genesis Force: The Next Generation (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
by John VornholtThe full extent of the devastation caused by the Genesis Wave is only now being recognised. An entire sector of space has been reduced to the most primitive levels, and more than one high-tech interstellar civilisation lies in ruins. Helping rebuild them from the ground up is the Genesis Force, a covert Federation group of humans and aliens with extra abilties greater than those of the average humanoid. Their mission: to remake the devastated worlds so that new life can flourish, and to protect the people of the newly named Genesis Sector from those who would seek to conquer and exploit them.
The Genesis Glitch: A Ballashiels Mysteries short story (The\ballashiels Mysteries Ser.)
by Stewart FerrisDecember 2012. There is global paranoia surrounding the predicted event described in the ancient scrolls recently discovered in the Sphinx: the resurrection of ancient malevolence in the form of Halford. His body has been preserved for 12 millennia in such condition that reanimation might be possible using the genesis procedure.
The Genesis Glitch: A Ballashiels Mysteries short story (The Ballashiels Mysteries)
by Stewart FerrisDecember 2012. There is global paranoia surrounding the predicted event described in the ancient scrolls recently discovered in the Sphinx: the resurrection of ancient malevolence in the form of Halford. His body has been preserved for 12 millennia in such condition that reanimation might be possible using the genesis procedure.
The Genesis Machine
by James P. HoganBrad Clifford's theory was just applied mathematics-but its implications were too hot for the frozen minds of his superiors. So they buried it--and him--under wraps of secrecy. Then Aubrey Philipsz, iconoclast and fellow genius, appeared on the scene to build the Genesis Machine Clifford's theory made possible. And all previous science and technology went into a tailspin. Suddenly, all weapons seemed useless before the previously unimagined power of the Genesis Machine. It could wreck a world or save it--and the men who ruled that world on a path of disaster now fought to gain control of this new force. But Clifford and Philipsz had another goal, another dream. They were reaching for the stars!
The Genesis of Misery
by Neon YangAn immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang's debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs."This is Joan of Arc meets Gideon the Ninth with a touch of Pacific Rim thrown in as a treat. A mind-blowing rollercoaster ride of a space opera, propulsive and strange in the best way." -- Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling authorIt’s an old, familiar story: a young person hears the voice of an angel saying they have been chosen as a warrior to lead their people to victory in a holy war. But Misery Nomaki (she/they) knows they are a fraud. Raised on a remote moon colony, they don’t believe in any kind of god. Their angel is a delusion, brought on by hereditary space exposure. Yet their survival banks on mastering the holy mech they are supposedly destined for, and convincing the Emperor of the Faithful that they are the real deal. The deeper they get into their charade, however, the more they start to doubt their convictions. What if this, all of it, is real?A reimagining of Joan of Arc’s story given a space opera, giant robot twist, the Nullvoid Chronicles is a story about the nature of truth, the power of belief, and the interplay of both in the stories we tell ourselves.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Genesis of Misery Sneak Peek
by Neon YangAn immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang's debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs. Download a FREE sneak peek today!This is the story Misery Nomaki (she/they), a nobody from a nowhere mining planet. Misery has abilities they shouldn’t though: they can bend the will of stone, a dangerous magic that only "saints" are said to have. These abilities lead Misery to the center of the Empire, where rumors spread that Misery is the next Messiah, and where those in power seek to use Misery to win a terrible war.Amid a nest of vipers, Misery grows close to a rebellious royal, Lady Alodia Lightning, and decides to embrace the legacy the prophecies speak of. True or false, for better or worse, Misery Nomaki will be the Ninth Messiah.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Genesis Project
by Tigris EdenOld earth has been deemed unsuitable for life, New Earth is home. With the Uni-Wars over, races have joined together in order to sustain their way of life. All life was considered worth saving, but only one race failed to submit. Humans. Now extinct, humans are a thing of the past. The people of New Earth won't acknowledge their hand in their eradication, but they have benefited from it. Dr. Vaggo Blackmore has found the answer, he's restored his races way of life- sustenance through farming. The one thing that will give them back their long lives..... Blood, human blood. Biologically engineered in a lab, Genesis Blackmore has always been different. Her father has told her it's due to her enhancements, the Federated Council sees her as a genetic mutation; and her fellow peers see her as the shiny new toy. Gen has had better days. Everyone on New Earth has milky white skin, platinum blonde hair, and electric blue eyes. It's the norm. Genesis' glossy, black hair, ice blue eyes ringed by gold, would have almost made her socially acceptable- if it wasn't for her golden skin and blue, gold veins. In a sea of milky white she alone is the dark anomaly. All Pars get their life's nourishment through blood plasma. All Pars find their match through the tasting. Gen can do neither, forbidden by her father to do so. She can neither taste, nor be tasted. Something that's never bothered her until now. Photo Credit: ©subbotina An additional 30K added to the short story that originally appeared in Romantic Tales: Bedtime Stories Season One
The Genesis Quest
by Donald MoffittScientists learn the secret of human life after intercepting a message from Earth. The alien species uses their knowledge to succeed in re-creating humans. They encourage their "pets" to learn the mysteries of the galaxy, but prohibit any knowledge of the planet Earth itself. Bram, the bioengineer, is determined to discover the truth about his species and the secret of the Earth. Bram must discover a way to unveil the truth and see the homeland he has been denied.
The Genesis Quest (Genesis Quest #1)
by Donald MoffittAlien scientists create a new human race—and keep them as sheltered pets: &“It&’s time to discover Donald Moffitt&” (Greg Bear). After intercepting a message from Earth, Nar scientists have learned the secret of human life. The alien species understands everything about human technology and culture and uses this knowledge to build on each breakthrough until it succeeds in re-creating humans. Now they encourage their &“pets&” to evolve within the alien community and learn the mysteries of the galaxy, but prohibit any knowledge of the planet Earth itself. Bram has always dreamed of traveling to the forbidden planet. Although Earth is millions of miles away, the bioengineer is determined to discover the truth about his species and the land that has been kept a secret his whole life. Bram must discover a way to unveil the truth and see the homeland he has been denied.
Genesis Sinister (Outlanders #63)
by James AxlerFoundation Stones The epic battle between two would-be gods to rule earth may have ended, but the struggle to survive aliens of near-immortal powers-aliens determined to cage humankind-continues. As the freedom fighters of the Cerberus organization regroup and press on, a shattering storm heads toward the planet...the blood tide of a new apocalypse.Earth RepurposedThey're tiny stones that wield shattering power, remnants of the war between the godlike aliens Ullikummis and Enlil, and they lie scattered throughout the Gulf of Mexico. In the wrong hands, these stones could easily be used as biological weapons. That's why Kane and Grant are dispatched to track a notorious pirate-it's believed he has an entire collection in his possession. But in the Bay of Campeche, they realize something much bigger is happening. Something unthinkable: the genesis of a new age. And that means only one thing for mankind. Annihilation.
The Genesis Wars: An Infinity Courts Novel (The Infinity Courts #2)
by Akemi Dawn BowmanBlack Mirror meets Marie Lu&’s Warcross in Nami&’s continuing adventures as she fights to free her friends in this high-stakes sequel to The Infinity Courts by award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman.It&’s been ten months since Nami narrowly escaped the Four Courts and Ophelia&’s wrath. Ten months since she was betrayed by someone she once considered a friend. Someone she poured her heart out to. And now her family here in the afterlife are gone, captured, and Nami is utterly alone. On the run, only steps ahead of the AI forces pursuing her, and desperate to free her friends, Nami must take the allies she can find, even if she doesn&’t fully trust them. And as she tests the limits of her own power, she must also reckon with the responsibility that entails. Stakes are high as Nami navigates old enemies, unexpected allies, and an ever-changing landscape filled with dangers and twists at every turn. Along the way, she&’ll learn powerful truths about who she can trust and the sacrifices that must be made in order to fight for a better, freer world for all.