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This series delves into the complex relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence within a gripping sci-fi thriller framework. It follows a brilliant computer scientist whose life is intertwined with a military spacecraft and its intricate systems. When faced with external threats from fugitive terrorists and a mysterious prisoner, she must navigate not only external dangers but also her own burgeoning emotions and distrust. The narrative unfolds as a tense battle for survival, filled with intrigue and revelations that will profoundly alter the protagonist's life.

Radiate
Supernova
Lightless

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  1. 1

    Lightless

    • 320 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.5(1377)Add rating

    "Computer scientist Althea is ruled by her analytical mind, and aboard the military spacecraft Ananke, her most powerful bond is not with fellow crewmates but with the ship's electronic systems. When Ananke and its mission are threatened by a pair of fugitive terrorists, Althea must defend her beloved ship. The saboteur who is captured- the enigmatic Ivan- may prove to be more dangerous. The silver-tongued criminal has long evaded the authorities' most relentless surveillance while keeping the truth about his motives well hidden. Now, as the ship's systems malfunction and distrust grows among the crew, Althea must penetrate the prisoner's layers of intrigue and deception before all is lost. But when Ivan's true intentions are exposed, it will change Althea forever- if it doesn't kill her first."

    Lightless
  2. 2

    Supernova

    • 304 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
    3.7(17)Add rating

    Once Ananke was an experimental military spacecraft. But a rogue computer virus transformed it--her--into something much more: a fully sentient artificial intelligence, with all the power of a god--and all the unstable emotions of a teenager. Althea, the ship's engineer and the last living human aboard, nearly gave her life to save Ananke from dangerous saboteurs, forging a bond as powerful as that between mother and daughter. Now she devotes herself completely to Ananke's care. But teaching a thinking, feeling machine--perhaps the most dangerous force in the galaxy--to be human proves a monumental challenge. When Ananke decides to seek out Matthew Gale, the terrorist she regards as her father, Althea learns that some bonds are stronger than mortal minds can understand--or control. Drawn back toward Earth by the quest, Althea and Ananke will find themselves in the thick of a violent revolution led by Matthew's sister, the charismatic leader Constance, who will stop at nothing to bring down a tyrannical surveillance state. As the currents of past decisions and present desires come into stark collision, a new and fiery future is about to be born

    Supernova
  3. 3

    Radiate

    3.4(24)Add rating

    "Radiate explores the fate of Ivan, the mysterious revolutionary whose secrets lie at the heart of intergalactic revolution--and Ananke, the sentient spaceship who is learning what it means to be human"--

    Radiate