A Frozen Equilibrium

The Voided Man #6

by Anthony Dean

Al, the command AI of the Valkyrie-84, has featured heavily in the adventures of Prisoner Number One and his family. But what is he really like? What does he seem like to himself? Al narrates the sixth volume of the Voided Man series.

In this installment, Al begins by telling the story of Number One's exile from his own point of view, and then...

King Harold struggles with how to introduce lost technology back into society on Earth,

Number One and Al hatch a daring plan to rescue the long lost Valkyrie-85,

Maestro falls in love,

Annabelle, Number One, and Al visit the extreme future,

And Squeak the mouse gets to visit the Potato and go outside.

All this and more A Frozen Equilibrium.

Genres: Science Fiction

323 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 2, 2025

About the author

I have had a long career as a professor (28 years and counting), and I am at the podium still. I am also a lifelong fan of science fiction.

I plan to add new installments to my Voided Man series several times a year for the foreseeable future.

Reviews

[Rachgill]

Best series ever

This entire series is riveting. I absolutely could not put these books down and anxiously await the next release. This is a series that I hope goes on and on. I normally get bored and do not complete full series. No cliff hangers, which I am incredibly grateful for. I love it.

[Jesse Reid]

I was unsure how I felt about the story being told from Al's perspective, but this volume turned out to be one of my favorites since the first of the series! Al has always been one of the best characters, and now I love him even more! Definitely my most favorite series! Keep them coming, Anthony Dean!

[David]

Plodding and Mundane

I loved book one of the series. Book two dragged and I quickly gave up on the third. I only started this one because it's about Al, the AI. I really like AIs such as in Ian.M.Banks books. But Al is just too nice, too wholesome. I need edges, archness something more than just being a good guy.

[Melissa]

As the series advances, it is insightful to read the stories from the perspectives of the different characters. The interactions of the humans and AIs, from Valkyrie-84 through to Valkyrie-200 show the positive side of those relationships. Loyalties to old associates play out with drama in this book and show that old friendships don't die, even if the connections are lost for a very long time.

[Allen Hyre]

Love for this series is rekindled

Some of the books in the series strayed a bit too far from the original story for my liking. I'm glad to see that this one has brought it back. Can't wait for the final entry.

[Stephen M Blank]

Remarkable

I loved book #1 and thought the author had made a mistake in continuing the series. I'm about to start book #7........

[Mike Nyberg]

It's a really nice clean series.