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| The Alpha Centauri Project
| | Marco Santini
| Suspense and action, but also a fascinating travel into the impacts of Artificial Intelligence on our civilization. I have often wondered if a world without the violence and the selfishness of us humans - result of millions of years of struggle for survival - can become a reality. For digital beings aiming at eternal life, this might be a prerequisite. Improving knowledge, avoiding conflicts and spreading into the Universe can be their goals. Truth, collaboration and responsibility their values…
The future, passionate scenarios described in this novel make the reader share the soul of a civilization. The title – Alpha Centauri project - has a vast meaning well beyond the colonization of the nearest star system. It rises to symbol of an even greater plan: the mastery by the digital people of their own future.
Social issues as well as dreams and projects of the digital people are key drivers of the story. The transformational arc of the main characters is functional to collective identity and goals. Victoria must abandon her earthy links to share the objectives of the digital beings, and Eve must overcome the delusions of her past existence on Earth, to become a leader of her people. Both of them must change their scale of values to win future challenges.
The novel is available only in free digital format and updated regularly. It has been translated into English, Spanish, French and Italian. The last editions of the ebooks can be downloaded for free from the Author's website
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
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