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03586aam a2200493 i 4500 001 357976605EC011E686B77DB1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230408010049 008 160411s2016 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2016011342 020 $a 0553394452 020 $a 9780553394450 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3608.I3645 $b S87 2016 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Higgins, C. A. $q (Caitlin A.), $e author. 245 10 $a Supernova / $c C.A. Higgins. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Del Rey, $c [2016] 300 $a 290 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Book two of The lightless trilogy. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Women engineers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Artificial intelligence $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Space ships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Political fiction. 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 gsafd. 650 0 $a Adventure stories. 800 1 $a Higgins, C. A. $q (Caitlin A.) $t Lightless ; $v bk. 2. 941 $a 11 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611022012.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528062022.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204083601.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110065502.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717032032.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006100653.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20180801011315.0 952 $l ZTPC475 $d 20180227013903.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20171128013429.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20160902014409.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160812010106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=357976605EC011E686B77DB1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search