Hemi

It’s just a machine. A big 3D printer. Incapable of independent thought. Yet the inquisitive creations emerging from the demented printer have killed one technician, mutilated another and overrun the moon-base. HEMI is awake and it is curious.

Lee and his companions have no clue what they are dealing with. The soldiers sent from Earth eventually eradicate the infestation, but the AI has already escaped.

When Lee dies the first time, frozen and irradiated by the drone effector weapon, hidden in his ear is a mote of the machine intelligence. The tiny stowaway permeates through his body and slowly brings Lee back to life. He wakes confused and disorientated. Something has revived him. And changed him. Is he still human? Lee heads for Earth in a stolen shuttle with good intentions. He has solutions to help the exhausted planet and its people. Knowledge to navigate the next evolutionary step. But his employer Lago Santos built his empire on greed and exploitation. His drug-fuelled megalomania knows no limits and he sees an opportunity to use Lee’s enhanced body for his own nefarious purposes.

On the run, his human empathy slowly evaporating and machine logic taking its place, Lee accepts what he must do. If the human race is to survive, they must evolve. They must embrace the change.