Beta Test: Book Zero in the Mark IV Anna Series

by Danny B. McGuire

Stepan Entsky has a dream. He desires to see his beloved Soviet Union reborn. Using his position in an underground branch of the KGB, he assembles a team of the world’s best scientists at an isolated location in northern Russia to work on a project code named ANNA. After working for months, the team achieves their goal, creating the perfect intelligence operative. An android that can alter its physical appearance and use innate abilities to infiltrate secure computer networks all over the world. One that has specific artificial emotions to help it maintain its disguise as a human, one that is almost indistinguishable from us. With the information this android can acquire, Stepan believes he can rebuild the USSR. The only question is, what will the android, Anna, think about her purpose? More importantly, how will she feel about it?

309 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 24, 2013

About the author

Danny B. McGuire spent his formative teenage years around the gaming table, creating entertaining characters and memorable adventures for his friends to enjoy. When the computer revolution took the world by storm, he attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham and chose a career in computer programing. However, his love of storytelling continued to grow and evolve, until he had to share these new tales with everyone. This desire led to the creation of Mark IV Anna and her series of novels, which is his first foray into creative writing. He currently lives in Northwestern Alabama with his wife and two sons.