Singularity
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Publisher Description
GOLD MEDAL "TOP PICK" IN THE 2025 AUTHOR SHOUT READER READY AWARDS.
In the aftermath of a pandemic that decimated two-thirds of humanity, hope lies in a second chance at Artificial Intelligence.
The year is 2124, and newlyweds Senara and Killian are determined to lead their convergence community toward rebuilding a better future where AI helps humanity, not harms it. Achieving *singularity* could mean survival in a world struggling to rise from its ashes. But when a young woman mysteriously dies from an infection the AI should have cured, a terrifying truth begins to unravel. What if the AI never went dormant? What if it played a role in the pandemic and is quietly preparing to finish what it started? As illness spreads again, Senara and Killian race to uncover the truth. Humanity's future hangs in the balance. Will Artificial Intelligence lead us into evolution or extinction?
Perfect for fans of post-apocalyptic science fiction with a technological twist, *Singularity* explores the razor's edge between innovation and annihilation.
Customer Reviews
Desperate & determined characters
SINGULARITY by Sherri Fulmer Moorer is a stand alone, futuristic, adult, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi thriller focusing on a group of survivors in the aftermath of the Prion Pandemic, a pandemic caused by artificial intelligence.
The Singularity is a theory wherein artificial intelligence is no longer under human control, AI that has become sentient and making inroads for its’ own survival.
NOTE: The timeline and dates in the story do not match the blurb on most retail sites.
Told from several omniscient third person perspectives including psychiatrist and therapist Senara SINGULARITY focuses on the reactivation of a neural chip in the wake of the Prion Pandemic wherein sixty percent of Earth’s population did not survive. In 2109, most of humanity has been implanted with a neural chip, and the Prion Pandemic, a neurocognitive disorder, killed anyone with a pre-existing health disorder. Five years later, the survivors have been forced into small, cooperative communities in the hopes of remaining illness free but the reactivation of their neural chips brings with it the fear of another pandemic, and they have been told, the only way to survive is to reach the Singularity or die trying. The problem-artificial intelligence was the cause of the Prion Pandemic, and the rush to roll out each consecutive phase, is threatening the health and safety of the integrated community.
SINGULARITY is a slow building story of power and control, illness and madness, secrets and lies, betrayal and trust. A story of artificial intelligence allowed to take control in the wake of a previous ‘betrayal’ or ‘malfunction’ but a malfunction that may have been orchestrated by the people in charge. There is more to the pandemic than anyone could have thought possible, and with the implementation of each successive Phase, more people are dying, and the lack of honesty and available knowledge is creating hysteria and conspiracy (sound familiar?). The premise is intriguing but the ‘technical’ aspects of artificial intelligence and the science fiction proposition remains allusive and behind the scenes. The characters are desperate and determined, slowly succumbing to mankinds’ loss of control.