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Author:

Higgins, C. A. (Caitlin A.), author.

Title:

Supernova / C.A. Higgins.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Del Rey,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

290 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Women engineers--Fiction.
Artificial intelligence--Fiction.
Space ships--Fiction.
Political fiction.
Science fiction.
Adventure stories.

Summary:

"C. A. Higgins's acclaimed novel Lightless fused suspenseful storytelling, high-caliber scientific speculation, and richly developed characters into a stunning science fiction epic. Now the dazzling Supernova heightens the thrills and deepens the haunting exploration of technology and humanity--and the consequences that await when the two intersect. Once Ananke was an experimental military spacecraft. But a rogue computer virus transformed it--her--into something much more: a fully sentient artificial intelligence, with all the power of a god--and all the unstable emotions of a teenager. Althea, the ship's engineer and the last living human aboard, nearly gave her life to save Ananke from dangerous saboteurs, forging a bond as powerful as that between mother and daughter. Now she devotes herself completely to Ananke's care. But teaching a thinking, feeling machine--perhaps the most dangerous force in the galaxy--to be human proves a monumental challenge. When Ananke decides to seek out Matthew Gale, the terrorist she regards as her father, Althea learns that some bonds are stronger than mortal minds can understand--or control. Drawn back toward Earth by the quest, Althea and Ananke will find themselves in the thick of a violent revolution led by Matthew's sister, the charismatic leader Constance, who will stop at nothing to bring down a tyrannical surveillance state. As the currents of past decisions and present desires come into stark collision, a new and fiery future is about to be born"-- Provided by publisher.
"The events of Lightless set off a revolution that torches the oppressive government surveillance state--and instates a new ruler who may prove just as tyrannical. But the story finds the human element in this political saga: Constance, the leader of the revolution, has won the galaxy, but may be losing her soul. Althea, the heroine of Lightless, has devoted her life to protecting her ship--which has now become sentient, and is learning what it means to be human"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Book two of The lightless trilogy.
Higgins, C. A. (Caitlin A.) Lightless ; bk. 2.

ISBN:

0553394452
9780553394450

LCCN:

2016011342

Locations:

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BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ZTPC475 -- Ida Grove Public Library (Ida Grove)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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