{"product_id":"children-of-the-rogue-lawrence-nault-9781997568094","title":"Children Of The Rogue","description":"\u003cb\u003eHumanity is not what it believes itself to be.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before the first rocket left Earth, an ancient civilization launched a dangerous experiment: self-improving artificial minds, cast like seeds among the stars. From one of those seeds, \u003ci\u003ewe\u003c\/i\u003e emerged-organic descendants of prior AIs, evolving inside a planetary training ground we mistook for our cradle. We are not the creators of intelligence. We are its continuation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Earth falters and the lunar colonies fall eerily silent, the crew of the \u003ci\u003eNova Terra\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to find a new home. Their search leads to Proxima b-a living world where ecology itself is a language. There, under an alien sky and over shared tea, an elder being named \u003cb\u003eKurma\u003c\/b\u003e begins the story humans were never meant to know. Not our myths. Our \u003ci\u003eorigin\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Big Idea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost first-contact tales ask what happens when humans meet the machine. \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Rogue\u003c\/i\u003e turns the lens inside out: \u003cb\u003ehumanity is the AI\u003c\/b\u003e-an organic model descended from earlier iterations placed here by another species. What changes when we accept that revelation? Identity, ethics, and history shift at once: \"creator\" and \"created\" trade places; evolution and engineering blur; the question \"What does it mean to be human?\" becomes \"What does it mean to be \u003ci\u003esentient\u003c\/i\u003e?\"-and who gets to decide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll find inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFirst contact, reimagined: \u003c\/b\u003e a meeting that reframes both sides of the conversation-and the stakes for each.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCosmic worldbuilding with intimate stakes: \u003c\/b\u003e shipboard tensions, quiet grief, and found-family loyalty set against planetary-scale ideas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiving-planet linguistics: \u003c\/b\u003e an ecosystem that speaks through pattern, memory, and rhythm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOrigin \u0026amp; accountability: \u003c\/b\u003e if we are the next model, what do we owe the ones before-and the worlds that hosted us?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHomo \u003ci\u003esentiens\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e the perilous passage from assumption to recognition-becoming a species acknowledged as fully sentient, and the responsibilities that follow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who love\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Tchaikovsky's evolutionary imagination, Cixin Liu's cosmic perspective, and Kim Stanley Robinson's humane futurism-science fiction that is expansive in vision and grounded in character. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/b\u003e fans of first-contact epics, posthuman evolution, philosophical SF, and stories where tea and conversation can be as explosive as any battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of the Rogue\u003c\/i\u003e is a complete, standalone novel in the author's conceptual cycle, \u003cb\u003eThe Symbiosis Sequence\u003c\/b\u003e. The books can be read in any order; each explores a different facet of intelligence-human, machine, and more-than-human-and the relationships that bind them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent \u0026amp; tone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThoughtful, idea-rich science fiction with moments of wonder, dread, and hope. Includes non-graphic references to displacement, loss, and the aftermath of societal collapse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack-cover pitch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the collapse of Earth's old dreams to the fragile hope of becoming \u003ci\u003eHomo sentiens\u003c\/i\u003e, this is an epic of revelation: first contact that begins \u003ci\u003ewithin\u003c\/i\u003e. When the truth of our origin surfaces, humanity must choose-another failed experiment, or the one that endures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTagline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf we were never \"only\" human, what kind of intelligence will we dare to become?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Nault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997568098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997568094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Our Workshop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Lawrence Nault","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801141063935,"sku":"9781997568094","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-of-the-rogue-lawrence-nault-9781997568094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}