The Pattern Universe: Omnibus Edition
About this audiobook
FINALLY! ALL FOUR BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME: THE PATTERN SHIP, POD, NUBL WARS AND EXODUS
Ex-Marine, Zeke Callaghan is befriended by a lone alien and two partially sentient AIs who save his life. Life on Earth develops quickly as alien technology is introduced along with a warning of an apocalyptic threat to all humanity. The Nubl, a warring artificial lifeform views biological races as infestations and is set to annihilate humanity when it arrives. The world will never be ready, but there's always a chance.
At the same time Zeke is physically changing. A wartime surgical implant is forcing a mutation to his DNA. One of the alien AI also becomes infected when it is contaminated with Zeke's DNA. The physical changes in them both are unexpected.
Look out for the new series coming in 2022 starting with The Transhuman War
About the author
I retired in 2017 from a lifetime of running my own businesses and now live in a rural hillside villa overlooking the Ionian sea. It's cold and wet in winter and blisteringly hot in summer. In between these extremes my wife and I work the land and cultivate crops to sustain our frugal lifestyle. We're not big spenders; enough to live on, a few luxuries (chocolate, wine, good food, friends), and an opportunity to live closer to nature giving us that feeling of 'connectivity'. All in all it's a pleasant existence after a lifetime of trudging through the grist mill.
Now, we look forward to time to read, write and watch Netflix (in any order) and when my books sell, we celebrate a little. The monthly royalty cheques become the high point of the month where we decide if we can afford a new chainsaw, or a strimmer, or maybe the fencing needs repairing to keep the wild goats from eating our crops. The Island suffers from poor infrastructure, so we are often without water in summer and electricity in winter, but it's getting better every year. We manage.
In the summer we are surrounded by guests, friends, and family who come to experience and enjoy the abundance of Greek hospitality, as well as sunshine, sea, sand, and the unforgettable 'Mediterranean lifestyle'.
In winter though, we're hard-pressed to get out of the driveway and most restaurants and bars are closed. The nearest neighbours are over five hundred yards away while friends live a half hour drive up hilly tracks or goat paths that are as beaten and muddy as ours. The winds and rain keep us indoors where we huddle near the open fire and read our Kindles. Our semi-wild cats decide they suddenly want to be indoors and curled up by the fire. At this time of year the wild animals get the olive groves and land back until the spring which arrives around March for us. Certainly those of us who are brave enough swim in the sea and enjoy the winter sunshine as, and when.
The life of a writer doesn't get any better than this.
~ Tobias
Because this series deals majorly with artificial intelligence, both terrestrial and alien, it is only right that the narration of this book is also by an AI. Marcus is an innovative artificial narration intelligence produced by Google and besides being very realistic, is also being constantly improved by the learning algorithms employed by them.