Joel Shepherd - Originator (Cassandra Kresnov 6) (epub)

Hope for the future in the hands of an enemy from the past . . .

Cassandra Kresnov must find the answers that could free her people--or doom her family.

A quarter of a million people die in the destruction of the moon Cresta. The League
civil war is accelerating out of control, but projections indicate that as their
technologically induced sociological dysfunction continues, all of humanity may face
a similar fate. In the aftermath of Cresta's destruction, Sandy Kresnov discovers the
alien Talee operative Cai in Tanusha, there to learn just how far the
technologically-induced insanity has gone. The Talee have seen this before, and they
are terrified of anything threatening a recurrence.

Meanwhile, Sandy's old nemesis Renaldo Takewashi, the self-proclaimed "father" of
synthetic intelligence, comes to the Federation seeking asylum. Talewashi may even
have a cure--previously unknown Talee technology implanted into a human child
subject--Sandy's little boy, Kiril. But it is exactly this technology that the
Talee fear, and they will exterminate anyone caught using it.

Now, Sandy must fight to save her family from a terrible new threat, but doing so
may plunge humanity into another destructive war between humans, or worse, against
the massively-advanced Talee. And what final secret are the Talee protecting about
the origins of synthetic humans like Sandy that could either liberate Sandy's fellow
synthetics from bondage or spell disaster for all humanity?

Title: Originator
Series: Cassandra Kresnov 6
Author: Joel Shepherd
Published January 6, 2015 by Pyr
ISBN: 1616149922
Language: English
Length: Paperback, 399 pages