The Kraken Project - Brossura

Preston, Douglas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0765356988 ISBN 13: 9780765356987

Casa editrice: Forge, 2015

Riassunto

Wyman Ford is back again in The Kraken Project, the thrilling new novel fromNew York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston.
NASA is building a probe to be splashed down in the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn's great moon, Titan. It is one of the most promising habitats for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, but the surface is unpredictable and dangerous, requiring the probe to contain artificial intelligence software. To this end, Melissa Shepherd, a brilliant programmer, has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI whose true potential is both revolutionary and terrifying. When miscalculations lead to a catastrophe during testing, Dorothy flees into the internet.

Former CIA agent Wyman Ford is tapped to track down the rogue AI. As Ford and Shepherd search for Dorothy, they realize that her horrific experiences in the wasteland of the Internet have changed her in ways they can barely imagine. And they're not the only ones looking for the wayward software: the AI is also being pursued by a pair of Wall Street traders, who want to capture her code and turn her into a high-speed trading bot.
Traumatized, angry, and relentlessly hunted, Dorothy has an extraordinary revelation--and devises a plan. As the pursuit of Dorothy converges on a deserted house on the coast of Northern California, Ford must face the ultimate question: is rescuing Dorothy the right thing? Is the AI bent on saving the world... or on wiping out the cancer that is humankind?

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L'autore:

DOUGLAS PRESTON is the coauthor of The Monster of Florence. His other novels include the New York Timesbestsellers Impact, Tyrannosaur Canyon, and Blasphemy. He is also the coauthor, with Lincoln Child, of the famed Pendergast series of novels, including such bestselling titles as The Book of the Dead and The Wheel of Darkness, as well as The Relic, which was made into a number one box office hit movie.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Forge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0765356988
• ISBN 13: 9780765356987
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 402