Man's First God (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780645737646)

To create his first god, computer scientist Lawrence Victor recruits a human template from deep in his past.

But what gods can be born from old memories and bad histories?

And who else's gods are waiting?

"'It is not a being Dr Victor, it is a tool of man... And even if it were - alive - in some sense, ' he smiled again, 'I am a soldier.

I do not need to concern myself with metaphysical quandaries. They are far beyond my mandate. I follow orders. And my order now is to kill.'"