"...a true hard SF epic with tones of Charles Stross and Hannu Rajenemi." -- Damien Walter, The Guardian

"...evokes the essential contradictions in Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics..." -- Marc Donner, IEEE Security & Privacy

In the best possible future, there will be no war, no famine, no crime, no sickness, no oppression,
no fear, no limits, no shame...

...and nothing to do.

In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out to build an artificial intelligence that can pass as human -- and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes every human immortal and provides instantly for every stated human desire.

Caroline, Queen of the Death Jockeys, finds no meaning in this life of purposeless ease, and forgets her emptiness only in moments of violent and profane exhibitionism.

At turns shocking and humorous, Prime Intellect looks unflinchingly at the extremes of human behavior that might emerge when all limits are removed. The international internet sensation, first released in 2003, continues to spark debate about one possible human future.

Review

"...a true hard SF epic with tones of Charles Stross and Hannu Rajenemi." -- Damien Walter, The Guardian

"...a disturbing, intriguing novel about a future world and the near-present that leads to it...I certainly won't easily forget it." --Linda Schoales, Web Fiction Guide

From the Author

The singularity might be coming. But is that a promise or a threat for the future of humanity?

From the Inside Flap

In the best possible future, there will be no war, no famine, nocrime, no sickness, no oppression, no fear, no limits, no shame...

...and nothing to do.

From the Back Cover

Lawrence had ordained that Prime Intellect could not, through inaction,allow a human being to come to harm. But he had not realized how muchharm his super-intelligent creation could perceive, or what kind ofaction might be necessary to prevent it.

Caroline has been pulled from her deathbed into a brave new immortal Paradise where she can have anything she wants, except the sense that her life has meaning.

Now these two souls are headed for a confrontation which will force them to weigh matters of life and death before a machine that can remake -- ordestroy -- the entire Universe.

The controversial classic that dares to ask if the human spirit can really survive immortality.

About the Author

Roger Williams is also the author of the far future classic, The Mortal Passage Trilogy.