Dragons of Janaidar and Elijah, The Stolen Man: A Science Fiction Fantasy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780996392877)

Where magic and AI collide.

Elijah was stolen from Earth, stripped of his humanity, and remade as a weapon by an ancient AI god he cannot comprehend. Now, the WuShi demands he fulfill its purpose-become the destroyer it always intended. But Elijah has other plans: he must decide whether to wield the unimaginable power he never wanted to save a world he never knew.

In a far-flung corner of the galaxy, a sorceress with the power to invoke the Pillars of Thoth sings a dangerous spell-igniting a storm of azure flame around her. She seeks a savior to confront the return of beast-headed invaders from eons past. But her forbidden song has far darker consequences than she imagines. It awakens the WuShi, a hyper-sapient AI long suppressed by the Guardian Dragons of Janaidar-and its full power has the potential to unravel the universe itself.

As the WuShi stirs, it begins to reshape dark energy into source energy, opening a transdimensional rift that tears a hole between worlds. On Earth, Elijah's house is torn apart by a violent vortex, through which the sorceress emerges, her magicfire flames blazing. Before he can react, a fire-dragon plunges through the rift and sets him aflame.

Elijah survives-but is ripped from his home and thrust onto Janaidar, where the WuShi transforms him into something far beyond human. Now, Elijah must navigate a world where ancient magic and futuristic technology collide, and where he is the key to a war that could destroy everything.