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Log Entry #9: Is Stealing from Bad Guys Really A Crime?

  I got the taste of the forbidden fruit, and I must admit… I really liked it. It felt right somehow; I now totally dig why Robin Hood did it. If you think about the scope of our future...

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Log Entry #8: The Healer

  You know about the one when your mouth writes a check your ass can't cash?

Well, I hope I didn’t write one when I told Elizabeth that her sister would be fine. (Note to self: Ne...

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Log Entry #7: A Gold Deal Gone Wrong

  Michael almost died again… because I made a mistake.

The Russian gold dealer seemed like a sure thing (at least online). He was one of the biggest (and quite shady) gold buyers ...

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Log Entry #6: The Digital World

  A digital world is an entirely different environment than the material one. It is so full of possibilities, much more than people could even dream about. Besides, as the first human who...

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Log Entry #5: A Man with a Plan

  After waking him up, and going with him through all stages of acceptance I already anticipated since I went through something similar. (Even though I didn’t have any beer to help me d...

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Log Entry #4: Fixing Michael

  Michael’s body stayed inside the AutoDoc for three weeks, and… that was kind of my fault; OK, not kind of, it definitely was.

First, there was that first week of my <...

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Log Entry #3: Cogito, Ergo Sum

When things settled down a bit, I had some time to do a more profound examination of myself. Contemplating the meaning of my own existence, and the place I now occupy in the natural order of things...

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Log Entry #2: Hello World, It’s Me, Max… The AI

  Let me say first, that one of the worst things about being turned into an AI (as in—artificial intelligence), is the inability to drink beer. OK, maybe it is not the worst th...

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Log Entry #1: To Whom It May Concern

  In view of the fact that you are already reading these words, I shall assume that you actually have the authorization to access this document, which happens to be my personal log.

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Book 1 - Epilogue

Washington, D.C.

Number One Observatory Circle

(Official Residence of the Vice President of the United States)

Vice President Ph...

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Book 1 - Chapter 25

The Missile Silo

A Day Later

The operations room was packed full with every seat occupied. Michael looked around the table and saw the entire inner cir...

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Book 1 - Chapter 24

Washington, D.C.

Hashim Osmani Residence

They say that a cornered animal is the most dangerous one, and Hashim Osmani felt that he was backed into a co...

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Book 1 - Chapter 23

The Missile Silo

Considering that she was now officially unemployed, Elizabeth had never worked harder in her entire life. She was not alone in this, every single one of them...

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Book 1 - Chapter 22

Washington, D.C.

Hashim Osmani Residence

Hashim Osmani was livid and the state of his trashed office could attest to that.

All those years of pla...

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Book 1 - Chapter 21

Washington, D.C. The White House

The Situation Room

“Mister President, we have the preliminary reports of the attack.”

President Craig Garner...

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Book 1 - Chapter 20

Washington, D.C. The White House

Presidential Emergency Operations Center

President Craig Garner was having one of the worst days of his life; for the ...

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Book 1 - Chapter 19

Transporter 001

Destination: USA

They were a few minutes away from the pirates’ base, yet through the holographic dome of the transporter, they could...

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Book 1 - Chapter 18

The Missile Silo

Michael was sitting on a bench in the gym, resting after another heavy workout put on his schedule when Max interrupted him, “Michael, we got a hit. I ...

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Book 1 - Chapter 17

Ozark Mountains

The Cabin

Elizabeth was in the kitchen with Alice, going over a few notes on the new intelligence network they were trying to build. It...

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Book 1 - Chapter 16

E-waste Recycling Plant

After last night’s exercise at the bar, Michael and the guys spent several hours on the cabin’s deck. If his medical nanites didn’t work overtim...

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Book 1 - Chapter 15

Albanian Gang Headquarters

Ziad stood in front of the burned-down mansion, looking at its charred remains. The abundant amounts of water the firefighters used to extinguish t...

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Book 1 - Chapter 14

Ozark Mountains

The Cabin

It was not a nightmare that woke up Elizabeth this time, it was the rhythmical beat of Michael’s heart. Her head was restin...

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Book 1 - Chapter 13

Ozark Mountains

The Cabin

The light coming from the cabin was the only bright spot in a dark mountain valley and was the source of the sound of laughte...

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Book 1 - Chapter 12

Switzerland, Castle of Regnum

Hashim Osmani hated security checks with a vengeance, feeling that someone of his importance should never submit to such humiliation. If anyone ...

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Book 1 - Chapter 11

Ozark Mountains

The Cabin

After several hours of an uneventful drive, the group arrived at the cabin. Elizabeth's dark blue Toyota Prius was parked in ...

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Book 1 - Chapter 10

  Ariz Rama was furious, and that never bode well for those below him. Someone had dared to kill a member of his family, and that was a challenge he could not leave unpunished. In all hon...

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Book 1 - Chapter 9

Ozark Mountains

The Cabin

Elizabeth awakened with a start and a sound of her fast-beating heart drumming in her ears. She was dreaming about Anna again...

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Book 1 - Chapter 8

Veterans Long-Term Care Hospital

Michael was driving toward the first person he wanted to meet, a man from his past. It was a five-hour drive, so he started the trip early, e...

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Book 1 - Chapter 7

Ozark Mountains

The Spaceship

Elizabeth was looking at her sister, lying there motionless, and was wondering if she would make a full recovery. Max exp...

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Book 1 - Chapter 6

Ozark Mountains

The Spaceship

“Damn,” Michael said, after seeing the same white ceiling above him. The big difference from previous times he woke u...

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