{"product_id":"great-dieback-to-singularity-lois-e-scott-9781734050714","title":"Great Dieback to Singularity","description":"Icecap melts killed half the world. AIs and enhanced humans threaten the rest. Will the twins triumph in a global quest to save humanity or die trying?\u003cp\u003e\"Great Dieback to Singularity\" is a critically-acclaimed hard science fiction epic set in 2068 when a global warming catastrophe sealed half of the human population's fate. This outcome was predicted years before. Yet, it still caught most by surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel follows the lives of the twin sisters Addison and Ainsley Cameron - both prodigies in the fields of cybernetics and bioengineering, on the verge of pivotal advances in the creation of AIs and enhanced humans - as they attempt to put the world back together with scarce resources and even more scarce allies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat they find shakes them to their core. The world they once knew is unrecognizable - reduced to worthless rubble and ceaseless power struggles caused by devastating storms, volcanic eruptions, nuclear strikes, and a fearsome Sino-Russian war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in a long time, the hope they had held on to for so long wavers. Are they in over their heads? Is the world beyond salvaging? Will their quest be for naught?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you enjoyed Kim Stanley Robinson's \"The Ministry for the Future\" or Kazuo Ishiguro's \"Klara and the Sun\", then you'll definitely be mesmerized by Daniel R Scott's \"Great Dieback to Singularity\".\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis critically-acclaimed science fiction epic has effectively used the future to illuminate and discuss issues in our present-day society. The book comprises several profound and unexpected twists, making it all the more an engaging and alluring read for any thoughtful and imaginative adult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \"Great Dieback to Singularity\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAn engaging, globe-trotting post-apocalypse tale that should appeal to Asimov fans.\u003c\/em\u003e\" - Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e...it's a special recommendation and delight for hard sci-fi fans who receive too few in-depth focuses on technological challenges in modern genre reads.\u003c\/em\u003e\" - Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Reviews\u003c\/p\u003eScroll up, Click on \"Buy Now with 1-Click\", and Start enjoying a highly specialized, mesmerizing read steeped in mankind's sinister reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lois E. Scott,William V. Dower,Daniel R. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734050713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734050714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clipper Implants Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020","brand":"Lois E. Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485983650047,"sku":"9781734050714","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d5cc8f6-5303-47c6-b093-3014f2532317.jpg?v=1778052889","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/great-dieback-to-singularity-lois-e-scott-9781734050714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}