num_pages: 410
description: Artificial intelligence was nearly mankind’s last invention. AI took off like a rocket, then when it racked up an impressive death toll, it crashed before it could blossom and took most high-tech industries with it. Resistance and fears became deep-set. Two decades after the infamous Rev. 4.6 incidents, humanity hasn’t quit dreaming of the wealth and power that could be at their fingertips. A new generation of mega-corporations rose from the ashes. When one melds a quantum computer to a barely functional mental patient as a PR move, there are those who seek to profit, those who want to destroy it, and Alex.  Alex Sage is a typical college student trying to keep up his grades and maybe find a meaningful connection with the fairer sex. Then, an automated semi crashes into his home, killing his family and turning his head into a pin cushion in the process.  Alex awakens to find most of his memories gone and an illegal AI hidden in his brain implant. Now the pet project of a tech billionaire and heavily in debt, Alex struggles to stay valuable enough to be kept online. Still grappling with the repercussions of his injuries, and threats from a dangerous anti-augmentation political movement, there are no easy answers and threats loom around every corner. Alex must use whatever resources he can to escape from under the thumb of a ruthless corporation, while keeping those he comes to love safe.  As a disclaimer, this book embraces Cyberpunk ideology in parts. Expect sex, drugs, and Anarchy against the establishment. It embraces an anti-hero protagonist and is not fade to black. 18+  “GOOD PREMISE, GREAT EXECUTION” — THEZOUAVE  “ONE SMALL STEP FOR CYBER-KIND... ...a well written story with a rich world” — DESMERIT  “You won’t be disappointed” — G4MERSYLVER  
title: Quantum Beginnings