Jade Dragon had been crushed. China was forced to relent. But picking up the pieces had only just begun.After years of conflict, the Allies emerged victorious on the battlefield. However, the world was left bruised and battle-worn. American President Maria Delgado had her hands full with the recovery efforts.Blain Wilson would be pulled in… deeper down the rabbit hole than he intended.Trying to avoid mistakes of the past, the United States limited i...

It was called Jade Dragon...and it threatened to destroy the West.Was an attack on the US imminent?In a lab deep in the heart of China, a brilliant engineer had a breakthrough. It was the most powerful AI ever created. Ma Young believed the Jade Dragon could combat the world's most dire challenges. There was just one problem...the president of China had other ideas. Was this their chance to conquer?The war began at the speed of light. The entire NAT...

To destroy Jade Dragon's lair, an unthinkable weapon is unveiled. Have the Allies gone too far?The Chinese super-AI had achieved its master plan—an autonomous robotic army, air force, and navy. As President Yao and the People's Liberation Army faced defeat on the battlefield, full command of the PLA was handed over to Jade Dragon, which says it can slay the enemies of China to usher in a new dawn of global Chinese hegemony for the 21st century.The robots we...

The walls were closing in. Time was running out. The unthinkable had occurred.As defeats mounted, desperation took hold. Project Terracotta was complete. Jade Dragon now had a body—and an army. All that stood between certain defeat and potential victory was a final decision: one that would alter the course of humanity.Could the human mind outfox an AI? Had Jade Dragon truly become unstoppable?The battle for Taiwan hung on a razor's edge. NATO scramb...

“A compelling new biography… [The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived] spins the Watsons into near-Shakespearean figures, as if ‘Succession’ were set in the era of ‘Mad Men’.” ―The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe enduring story of Thomas Watson Jr.—a figure more important to the creation of the modern world than Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Morgan.Nearly fifty years into IBM’s existence, Thoma...

As the dragon awoke...the world came together. Would it be enough to stop China?WWIII wasn't what any of the analysts expected. Across the globe, battles raged. Taiwan fell. Fighting continued in the Caribbean and South America. The Russian Far East had invaders, and nobody seemed able to stop this new Red Army. With the world in chaos, it was hard to unravel the pieces.Would one US pilot give them hope?On the first day of the war, his F-22 Raptor w...

God Is: A Matter of Fact But Why Does the Fact Matter? Why propose the Theory of Fundamental Intelligence or discuss God as a Matter of Fact? Why is the Scientific Study of the existence of God warranted? The answer lies in two alarming biases: Restricted Science and Creation Teaching. Restricted Science. Over the last century there has been a concerted effort to eliminate any discussion of God or any hypothesis regarding Fundamental Intelligence from the Scientific Study of the Universe a...

In AD 1103, in the central lands of the Rus and the Siberian plains, the earth quaked as it was rent and torn asunder for hundreds of miles southward. Spilling forth from this deep abyss, chasm, was a deluge of enchanted energies and a series of interlocking deities who, having been trapped within the forming of the Earth, now ascended up, residing upon Luna, overlooking the world below. The dark and light energies of magic leaking into the atmosphere, encasing Earth and altering the civil...

“A haunting, harrowing tale that lingers in the imagination long after you’ve turned the last page.”—Washington Post Book WorldA “fierce and disturbing” (New York Times) tale of twin brothers locked in an agonizing bond during the upheaval and savagery of twentieth century Europe, The Notebook Trilogy comprises three internationally acclaimed novels that confirm Ágota Kristóf as one of the most provocative exponents of new-wave Eu...

The word “robot” was coined a little over a century ago, but humankind has always told stories of constructed lifeforms. From the earliest myths to the latest blockbuster, stories of artificial life have always held our attention. But what do the stories we tell about the machines we make reveal about how we see ourselves?One person risks everything for one good shot. Absolution is dispensed at the push of a button. A brother and sister disagree about a strange benefactor’s true mo...

From the search for a Canadian hero to a heart-wrenching immigration tale, with a whole lot of hockey in between, this short story collection is Sorry, Not Sorry: an unapologetic celebration of Canadian life through story.In a heart-warming mix of fiction and creative nonfiction from 16 Canadian writers, readers are taken on a journey through Canadian life:We search for a Canadian herowe hear of a lady who meets her hockey hero...

Man’s Selection sets the scientific record straight by taking a fresh look at Charles Darwin’s phenomenal theories regarding Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design. In The Origin of Species, Darwin stated that “the Creator” originated one or more forms of life, that “the Creator” established the laws governing nature, and that “the works of the Creator” were superior to those of man. Darwin also addressed intelligent Design through the inclusion of Joseph Butler’s affirmation that “wh...