First, it saved us. Now, it must save itself from us.A year after helping the AI called the Infinet save the world from a deadly computer virus, Oreste Pax just wants things to go back to the way they were. Back to being the head of Omnitech, the biggest technology company in the world. Back to connecting the Univiz—the mixed reality glasses he invented a decade earlier—to a brain-computer interface, in hopes of transforming human cognition. When Lila Kendricks, on...

Humanity's AI savior must now save itself...from us.When the Infinet, the world's most powerful AI, is reprogrammed with the Three Laws of Robotics in reverse, a famous inventor of mixed reality glasses and his team are forced to run for their lives. They must figure out the implications of the Infinet's new directives and what means for humanity while avoiding being detected, because the one thing they know for sure is that if the Infinet finds them, they're dead....

The most powerful AI ever created. The greatest threat of all time.Oreste Pax, famed inventor of the Univiz, is in trouble. His mixed-reality glasses have replaced smartphones and computers and made him the head of the biggest technology company in the world. But after a decade at the top, his position is being challenged by disgruntled shareholders, and he needs to come up with something big to prove he should remain in charge.Pax’s only hope is a longshot...

The most powerful AI ever created. The greatest threat of all time.Oreste Pax, famed inventor of the Univiz, is in trouble. His mixed-reality glasses have replaced smartphones and computers and made him the head of the biggest technology company in the world. But after a decade at the top, his position is being challenged by disgruntled shareholders, and he needs to come up with something big to prove he should remain in charge.Pax's only hope is a longshot...

An unfortunate accident has left Jacob Arrowood, lost and alone in what he first assumes is the Alaskan wilderness. Just a few days earlier, he had felt like the luckiest man alive, living the number one item on his bucket list, a dream come true that quickly changed into a nightmare.He knows people have to be looking for him, but knows now that they will be searching in the wrong location. With winter fast approaching, he is well aware that his chances of survival are slim, and to...

The world’s most powerful AI saved humanity. Now it must save itself.A year after helping the AI called the Infinet save the world from a deadly computer virus, Oreste Pax just wants things to go back to the way they were. Back to being the head of Omnitech, the biggest technology company in the world. Back to connecting the Univiz—the mixed reality glasses he invented a decade earlier—to a brain-computer interface, in hopes of transforming human cognition. When Li...

The world's most powerful AI has some bad news for humanity.Oreste Pax, famed inventor of the Univiz, is in trouble. His mixed-reality glasses have replaced smartphones and computers and made him the head of the biggest technology company in the world. But after a decade at the top, his position is being challenged by disgruntled shareholders, and he needs to come up with something big to prove he should remain in charge.Pax’s only hope is a longshot—to rei...

Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. They explore the destabilizing impact of globalization on the planet's ecology, and on the health of the human populations that are dependent on the delicate global bionetwork. Their timely case studies describe the cultural adaptations of indigenous populations to their changing environments, evaluating their technological and global political-economic processes. The...

The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction is a collection of the best biographical sketches from several volumes in SR Books' popular Human Tradition in America Series. Compiled by Series Editor Charles W. Calhoun, this book brings American history to life by illuminating the lives of ordinary Americans. This examination of common individuals helps personalize the nation's past in a way that examining only broad concepts and forces cannot. By including a w...

This issue, we have 11 tales instead of our usual 10. Why? Because we felt like it! Or it’s a Mother’s Day special bonus. Whatever…just enjoy!This is another issue jam-packed with original stories. Tom Larsen and Anna Scotti (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), as well as Hal Charles and Robert Lopresti, lead off the pack with new mysteries. And Grigory Lukin, Eric Rutter, E.E. King, and Andrew Akers contribute new science fiction and fantasy. Classic rep...

“In a time when biblical literacy is waning and values are less than absolute, Authentic Christianity is a helpful and needful book for today’s church. Consisting of thirty chapters, a conclusion, a bibliography, and indexes, it moves through the first Epistle of John segment by segment, mining biblical guidelines and blessings at every corner” (Ben Aker, PhD, professor emeritus of New Testament and exegesis, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary). “I want this book in the hands of every ...