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He holds humanity’s fate in his hands…
The world’s greatest creation saw no path forward for the human race. An artificial intelligence, The Genesis, began creating a world without flaws—killing off humanity’s leaders and growing children in labs.
A perfect world. A perfect society. A perfect human race…
But one man, Caesar Wells, sees beyond the utopian canvas The Genesis painted. Refusing to bow to The Genesis, he tries to prove the world must be restored to its former state. But The Genesis will not be stopped or thwarted. Now it's up to Caesar to rescue humanity from itself.
Grab your battle gear and suit up for the fight of your life as Caesar attacks the greatest threat humanity has ever known. Willing to die if needed, watch as one man sets out to teach everyone that a perfect world cannot exist.
Unless The Genesis decides it already does...
The world’s greatest creation saw no path forward for the human race. An artificial intelligence, The Genesis, began creating a world without flaws—killing off humanity’s leaders and growing children in labs.
A perfect world. A perfect society. A perfect human race…
But one man, Caesar Wells, sees beyond the utopian canvas The Genesis painted. Refusing to bow to The Genesis, he tries to prove the world must be restored to its former state. But The Genesis will not be stopped or thwarted. Now it's up to Caesar to rescue humanity from itself.
Grab your battle gear and suit up for the fight of your life as Caesar attacks the greatest threat humanity has ever known. Willing to die if needed, watch as one man sets out to teach everyone that a perfect world cannot exist.
Unless The Genesis decides it already does...
- GenresScience Fiction
839 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 25, 2015
416 people are currently reading
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About the author
David Beers
73 books215 followersI used to deliver pizza. I was pretty good at it, too. I mean, it's not that hard, but if I'm not going to brag, who is, right? Anyways, so I'm delivering pizza while I'm in college, and my boss has been in the pizza industry like six years. He's supposed to graduate from college this year, and I ask him, what are you going to do after college? We're all supposed to go out and conquer the world right after college, so this guy has to have some kind of plan.
He looked at me like I was delusional.
"I'm a writer, man."
Those four words changed my life more so than anything else ever spoken to me.
I'd always written, since I was twelve participating in online-wrestling forums in which you acted out your character. I wrote because it came naturally. Never once, in the entirety of my nineteen years did I think that writing could be a career though, until a Pizza Sage said those four words to me.
So what did I do? I went home and wrote a short story and immediately understood that I was the greatest writer to ever touch a keyboard. I brought it to the Pizza Sage and he told me what anyone could have told me--it was horrible. I might be dumb, probably am, but I'm also tenacious.
I spent the next seven years writing almost every day. My first novel grew to the length of 40,000 words, then I threw it away. My second novel grew to 140,000 words. I didn't throw it away, but it was rejected about 50 times by agents. My next novel ended up at around 55,000 words, which I showed to a few friends and shelved. Then I wrote Dead Religion, which is the only reason I have an author page at Amazon.
I have had four short stories published, paid and unpaid. 'Effects May Vary' won an award that was voted on by readers, which was pretty cool.
I'm currently getting my Masters in Business at the University of Georgia's Terry School of Business. I'm doing this in order to not deliver pizzas but still keep the lights on. I have a girlfriend who will soon be my fiancé, and after ten years, I imagine she's ready for that title.
I want to own a yacht.
He looked at me like I was delusional.
"I'm a writer, man."
Those four words changed my life more so than anything else ever spoken to me.
I'd always written, since I was twelve participating in online-wrestling forums in which you acted out your character. I wrote because it came naturally. Never once, in the entirety of my nineteen years did I think that writing could be a career though, until a Pizza Sage said those four words to me.
So what did I do? I went home and wrote a short story and immediately understood that I was the greatest writer to ever touch a keyboard. I brought it to the Pizza Sage and he told me what anyone could have told me--it was horrible. I might be dumb, probably am, but I'm also tenacious.
I spent the next seven years writing almost every day. My first novel grew to the length of 40,000 words, then I threw it away. My second novel grew to 140,000 words. I didn't throw it away, but it was rejected about 50 times by agents. My next novel ended up at around 55,000 words, which I showed to a few friends and shelved. Then I wrote Dead Religion, which is the only reason I have an author page at Amazon.
I have had four short stories published, paid and unpaid. 'Effects May Vary' won an award that was voted on by readers, which was pretty cool.
I'm currently getting my Masters in Business at the University of Georgia's Terry School of Business. I'm doing this in order to not deliver pizzas but still keep the lights on. I have a girlfriend who will soon be my fiancé, and after ten years, I imagine she's ready for that title.
I want to own a yacht.
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July 9, 2016
An Awesome Series You'll want to read more than once!
~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~
Copied from my Amazon Review
~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~
The storyline is well written, flowing from one page to the next. Characters are well defined, allowing you to relate to their thoughts and turmoil while dealing with the world they lived in. The chain of events keeping you reading page after page, the antagonist deranged to the point you want to grab and eliminate them yourself. You realize after reading the last page you've become so emotionally invested in the series and the characters, you can't wait to see what happens next. To me, that is exactly what an author is supposed to do.
While it's highly recommended that you read each book of this series as a whole and in the order they were written, I believe each book could technically be read separately as a stand-alone. There is just enough detail in each one that you get an idea of what has gone before, but not to the point where it's repetitive and annoying.
HERETIC - The Singularity: Heretic, an alternative universe/timeline story by David Beers is an excellent read. I found myself drawn in from the very first page. When I finally put it down, I was very surprised to find it was 4:00 a.m. and I had been reading all night. To me, that is what a great story is all about.
TRAITOR - The Singularity: Traitor, an alternative universe/timeline story by David Beers is an excellent read. It really helps if you have read the first book in the series (The Singularity: Heretic). As before with the first book, you get drawn in from the start. I read Traitor in two days. I couldn't put it down. The "Traitor" made me wishing he would just die at times, to me that is exactly what a protagonist makes you feel if they are truly evil, in their delusional self absorbed mentality anyway. I would definitely recommend this book to friends and family. It is WAY better than the first, I can't wait to read what happens next.
EMISSARIES - David's ability to grasp the mind and imagination of the reader grows stronger with each new book he writes, he has fast become one of my favorite authors. Just as Orson Scott Card with the Ender's Game (including the Shadow) series, or Steven King and his Gunslinger series, David has created an alternate world which draws you in. When real life interrupts, you find you've lost all track of time, and on more than one occasion, I have found myself being reminded by my husband to sleep. Once you've started reading Emissaries, it's very hard to put down. I finished this book in a little over a day.
REVOLUTIONARY - The Singularity, Revolution is a fast paced book that pulls you in. You can relate to various characters, events they go through, pondering their different actions or decisions which leave you either liking, or even disliking them more than you did in previous books in the series. While each new event brings Caesar ever closer to his final confrontation with The Genesis, you can't help but follow along.
The events, behaviors, and actions of certain individual characters in the series will affect each reader differently. The end will leave you thinking about Caesar's choices, not just hours, but days later.
SERIES SUMMARY - Bottom line though is this, I think each reader will take it their own way, no matter how you end things people will either love it or hate it, with a few undecided tossed in the mix. The way I feel about it changes with my mood, the events of the day, and even with each reading. I think I have read each of the books in the series at least twice, the last one 6 times. It's definitely a book that will get people talking, arguing, and thinking. That's pretty darn good if you ask me.
NOTE: Each Book in this Series was originally purchased individually, and not as part of the collection.
Books in this Boxed Set are:
The Singularity: Heretic [Book 1]
The Singularity: Traitor [Book 2]
The Singularity: Emissaries [Book 3]
The Singularity: Revolutionary [Book 4]
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~
Copied from my Amazon Review
~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~
The storyline is well written, flowing from one page to the next. Characters are well defined, allowing you to relate to their thoughts and turmoil while dealing with the world they lived in. The chain of events keeping you reading page after page, the antagonist deranged to the point you want to grab and eliminate them yourself. You realize after reading the last page you've become so emotionally invested in the series and the characters, you can't wait to see what happens next. To me, that is exactly what an author is supposed to do.
While it's highly recommended that you read each book of this series as a whole and in the order they were written, I believe each book could technically be read separately as a stand-alone. There is just enough detail in each one that you get an idea of what has gone before, but not to the point where it's repetitive and annoying.
HERETIC - The Singularity: Heretic, an alternative universe/timeline story by David Beers is an excellent read. I found myself drawn in from the very first page. When I finally put it down, I was very surprised to find it was 4:00 a.m. and I had been reading all night. To me, that is what a great story is all about.
TRAITOR - The Singularity: Traitor, an alternative universe/timeline story by David Beers is an excellent read. It really helps if you have read the first book in the series (The Singularity: Heretic). As before with the first book, you get drawn in from the start. I read Traitor in two days. I couldn't put it down. The "Traitor" made me wishing he would just die at times, to me that is exactly what a protagonist makes you feel if they are truly evil, in their delusional self absorbed mentality anyway. I would definitely recommend this book to friends and family. It is WAY better than the first, I can't wait to read what happens next.
EMISSARIES - David's ability to grasp the mind and imagination of the reader grows stronger with each new book he writes, he has fast become one of my favorite authors. Just as Orson Scott Card with the Ender's Game (including the Shadow) series, or Steven King and his Gunslinger series, David has created an alternate world which draws you in. When real life interrupts, you find you've lost all track of time, and on more than one occasion, I have found myself being reminded by my husband to sleep. Once you've started reading Emissaries, it's very hard to put down. I finished this book in a little over a day.
REVOLUTIONARY - The Singularity, Revolution is a fast paced book that pulls you in. You can relate to various characters, events they go through, pondering their different actions or decisions which leave you either liking, or even disliking them more than you did in previous books in the series. While each new event brings Caesar ever closer to his final confrontation with The Genesis, you can't help but follow along.
The events, behaviors, and actions of certain individual characters in the series will affect each reader differently. The end will leave you thinking about Caesar's choices, not just hours, but days later.
SERIES SUMMARY - Bottom line though is this, I think each reader will take it their own way, no matter how you end things people will either love it or hate it, with a few undecided tossed in the mix. The way I feel about it changes with my mood, the events of the day, and even with each reading. I think I have read each of the books in the series at least twice, the last one 6 times. It's definitely a book that will get people talking, arguing, and thinking. That's pretty darn good if you ask me.
NOTE: Each Book in this Series was originally purchased individually, and not as part of the collection.
Books in this Boxed Set are:
The Singularity: Heretic [Book 1]
The Singularity: Traitor [Book 2]
The Singularity: Emissaries [Book 3]
The Singularity: Revolutionary [Book 4]
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
March 12, 2016
"Simply another piece of the tapestry"
An excellent way to read this whole series.
I first read, and reviewed the first book, Heretic, a few months ago always intending to continue to book two. But never did. Now, with this omnibus edition I am thoroughly enjoying the entire series seamlessly set out for me. Not quite finished yet but can certainly recommend this story of an unusual computer controlled world where war and social deviation within humanity is eradicated ( by the simple expediency of, literally, liquidising any individuals found unnecessary to the ongoing good of the world order as the man created intelligence sees it) and the attempts of a few who question the rightness of this controlling force to set humanity free.
The story is not perfect but it is well written and thought provoking. Is it better to leave in peace and harmony with one's fellow man, being graded for and working one's life in a job best suited to ability and likely contentment, at the same time allowing wild life to flourish unharmed by mankind's ruthless expansion,neglect and slaughter? Or is the price of the absence of free will one to great to pay even if attempting to take it back will result in the deaths of, at the very least, thousands of people who never even doubt their way of life? And why would someone attempt to do this?
Well worth buying as each book builds one the one before
An excellent way to read this whole series.
I first read, and reviewed the first book, Heretic, a few months ago always intending to continue to book two. But never did. Now, with this omnibus edition I am thoroughly enjoying the entire series seamlessly set out for me. Not quite finished yet but can certainly recommend this story of an unusual computer controlled world where war and social deviation within humanity is eradicated ( by the simple expediency of, literally, liquidising any individuals found unnecessary to the ongoing good of the world order as the man created intelligence sees it) and the attempts of a few who question the rightness of this controlling force to set humanity free.
The story is not perfect but it is well written and thought provoking. Is it better to leave in peace and harmony with one's fellow man, being graded for and working one's life in a job best suited to ability and likely contentment, at the same time allowing wild life to flourish unharmed by mankind's ruthless expansion,neglect and slaughter? Or is the price of the absence of free will one to great to pay even if attempting to take it back will result in the deaths of, at the very least, thousands of people who never even doubt their way of life? And why would someone attempt to do this?
Well worth buying as each book builds one the one before
January 31, 2018
I had a tough time with this series. I always finish a book no matter how much I may not like it and I really had to push through this group. There were some good moments and I think the concept he is dealing with is very strong and can make for a compelling story. But there were just too many leaps in this story with some contradictory elements. I felt like I was going from one buildup to the next without any real resolution. Leon's constant exposition on what Caesar will become drove me to distraction. I have no issue with the ending, I think I understanding the statement he is trying to make; however I feel all four books could have been condensed into one tight cohesive book.
December 17, 2015
Loved this!
I am an avid reader, often reading up to 15 novels a week, so I'm always looking for new books and authors. This is a gem. Well written, great characters that you can get invested in, a world laid out that made sense and was easily understandable. If you like sci-fi, this is a must read!
I am an avid reader, often reading up to 15 novels a week, so I'm always looking for new books and authors. This is a gem. Well written, great characters that you can get invested in, a world laid out that made sense and was easily understandable. If you like sci-fi, this is a must read!
June 11, 2019
The kindle version I bought consists of 4 books sold as a box set.
Heretic, Traitor, Emissaries, And Revolutionary
Main character is Caesar, born into a world that is totally controlled by Artificial Intelligence. War and crime have been done away with, the environment is stable, and wildlife once again roams its natural habitat.
Humanity has everything it wants- except control, or choice.
The Genesis has all that and tolerates no disagreement, or you get Liquidated.
I thoroughly enjoyed following Caesar’s search to challenge the status quo and save the life of a young girl listed for termination.
A parallel story of Caesar’s life is narrated by his lifelong friend Leon, who has no idea why this man causes so much trouble but loves him despite all of this.
I would recommend this book to everyone interested in SciFi, future worlds, and the dangers of AI
There is a final book in this series, which I have added to my Goodreads shelf “Need More Of The Same”.
Heretic, Traitor, Emissaries, And Revolutionary
Main character is Caesar, born into a world that is totally controlled by Artificial Intelligence. War and crime have been done away with, the environment is stable, and wildlife once again roams its natural habitat.
Humanity has everything it wants- except control, or choice.
The Genesis has all that and tolerates no disagreement, or you get Liquidated.
I thoroughly enjoyed following Caesar’s search to challenge the status quo and save the life of a young girl listed for termination.
A parallel story of Caesar’s life is narrated by his lifelong friend Leon, who has no idea why this man causes so much trouble but loves him despite all of this.
I would recommend this book to everyone interested in SciFi, future worlds, and the dangers of AI
There is a final book in this series, which I have added to my Goodreads shelf “Need More Of The Same”.
September 20, 2018
From start to finish this is a must read series. A wonderful, well written, keep you on the edge of the chair tale.
David Beers takes you on a ride that is heart warming, heart breaking mind bending trip. Every turn of the page gives you a new thrill.
Would this be possible? Could it happen and then be changed by a single man?
David Beers takes you on a ride that is heart warming, heart breaking mind bending trip. Every turn of the page gives you a new thrill.
Would this be possible? Could it happen and then be changed by a single man?
June 27, 2018
A solid narrative, consistent throughout over 800 pages, and skillfully written. Good enough to keep reading, for the joy of reading. But, in my opinion, misses the unique style, creativity and vision that makes an outstanding sci-fi book.
July 5, 2019
The singularity needs an editor
Too long. Furthermore, it ground to a finish, finally. I applaud anyone that can get a complete thought on paper but the final hook was infantile. I'm glad Caesar spoke once more. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to deny him voice. Fool me once.
Too long. Furthermore, it ground to a finish, finally. I applaud anyone that can get a complete thought on paper but the final hook was infantile. I'm glad Caesar spoke once more. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to deny him voice. Fool me once.
September 29, 2019
Navel gazer.
Circular. Some interesting thoughts, perspectives. But just tangled micro currents, producing little but noise. Maybe that actually reflects reality pretty well, at times. But hardly constructive, let alone any path towards any positive.
Circular. Some interesting thoughts, perspectives. But just tangled micro currents, producing little but noise. Maybe that actually reflects reality pretty well, at times. But hardly constructive, let alone any path towards any positive.
February 28, 2019
Very weird
Very weird book but also very enjoyable. Sadly the way the world is at the moment I can see this story one day being a reality.
Very weird book but also very enjoyable. Sadly the way the world is at the moment I can see this story one day being a reality.
September 7, 2018
Well written book that keeps you turning pages. I very enjoyable read. I am not sure I will continue reading this author because of the way it ended. I put a lot of time into reading these books to be left with a big question at the end. Had the question been resolved I would definitely follow this author. Not the way to hook me on your creativity and style.
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February 23, 2019Weird but compelling, didn’t want to read it but did, thought it was twisted and disgusting but kept reading, couldn’t see the end coming as I can in all the books I read. Still not sure if I thought it was stupid or amazing? Will have to read the rest to find out! The author is either mad as a hatter or a genius-not really sure
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