Kelly Frank is a junior employee in Earth's diplomatic service who's sick and tired of cleaning up after human tourists behaving badly. Joe McAllister is a reluctant mercenary who's looking for a way out and family-friendly place to start a business and raise an orphaned boy. Will the choices they make in the next few months shape the rest of their lives, or is free will just an illusion in a galaxy managed by ancient artificial intelligence?
E. M. Foner is the author of over 40 works of science fiction and fantasy. He is best known for the 21 book (and counting) EarthCent Ambassador series, and its spin-offs series, EarthCent Universe, EarthCent Auxiliaries, and EarthCent Metaverse. In addition, Foner authored the A. I. Diaries series, which begins on present day Earth with Turing Test, the fantasy, Meghan's Dragon, the prequel novel, Destiny: Union Station, and the stand-alone, Game Ship, under the name Morris Foner.