Genre:
Science Fiction
Description:
Anita
Lory is a grad student in robotics for Professor Brian Coleman. She
is also his lover. Brian’s nemesis at Denlas-Kaptek Industries
(DKI), the world’s leading robotics firm, is Eric Breckenridge,
DKI’s executive vice-president. When Eric needs a professor to
review DKI’s newest program, he requests anyone but Brian to
perform the review. So Dr. Sidney Hermann is called in to examine
DKI’s newest robots not realizing that he is about to set off a
chain of events that will alter world history forever.
Author:
Born
and raised in the Washington D.C. area, Scott C. Lyerly graduated
with a degree in English Literature from the University of Maryland,
College Park. Currently, Lyerly lives in Worcester, MA where he’s
writing a hard-boiled detective novel.
Appraisal:
Author
Scott C. Lyerly finds the worst in human nature as he develops
characters that scheme to advance their own agendas with little
thought for anyone else. Even Gammons, Eric’s personal
administrative assistant, a robot that is so advanced it has become a
sentient being, has his own plans for a future free of human bondage.
In an
exciting 292 page tomb set a century ahead of our own, a servant
class of robots are created to serve humanity. Lyerly’s premise
shows what could happen when one of those machines subverts its
programming, taking control of the robot slaves.
Lyerly’s
greatest strength is his ability to create believable characters that
tend to lack a moral compass. He does an amazing job of showing his
readers the thoughts and feelings of his human and even robotic
characters. Throughout the story the author provides his readers with
potentially disturbing possibilities of artificial intelligence that
makes How it Ends
such a
provocative read.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Approximate
word count:
80-85,000 words
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