The Peralta Protocol

by Daniel Arthur Smith

We once thought there were too many of us on the planet; the truth is there were never enough. One couple can save the human race, if their child can be born, if the Peralta Protocol succeeds. First published in The Future Chronicles - The Doomsday Chronicles

Genres: Science Fiction

42 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 22, 2016

About the author

Daniel Arthur Smith is a USA Today bestselling author. His titles include Spectral Shift, Agroland, The Cathari Treasure, and a few other novels and short stories. He also curates the phenomenal short fiction series Tales from the Canyons of the Damned and Frontiers of Speculative Fiction.

He was raised in Michigan and graduated from Western Michigan University where he studied philosophy, with focus on cognitive science, meta-physics, and comparative religion. As a young man Daniel was a bartender, barista, poetry house proprietor, teacher, then became a technologist and futurist for the Fortune 100 across the Americas and Europe.

Daniel has traveled to over 300 cities in 22 countries, residing in Los Angeles, Kalamazoo, Prague, Crete, and now writes between Manhattan and Connecticut where he lives with his wife and sons.

For more information, visit danielarthursmith.com

Reviews

[Aletia · Rating 5 out of 5]

We humans are our own worst enemy. And we will never see the end coming. This tale is well written, and for me, really begs for a longer telling.

I always look forward to whatever Daniel writes.

I originally read this story in the Doomsday Chronicles.

[Norma · Rating 4 out of 5]

( Format : ebook )
"No guarantee."
For ten years, not human baby has been born into the world where human fertility has been destroyed by atmospheric particulates. But a new hope as a couple wait for the birth of their baby. A short story focusing on how fragile the continuance of our race could be. A little too much military action for this reader's taste but an interesting concept.
A quick and easy read.

[Sentinelle23 · Rating 4 out of 5]

👀👶Short but surprising.

Troy and Leana were at the Fertility Center again.
They looked at the posters which gave them great hope.

Would they be able to get a child ?...

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A sci-fi short story pleasant to read, on a fairly classic, contemporary theme, but with a successful, destabilizing and surprising ending.

A novelette to discover.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was interesting, I liked how realistic everything seemed. It was a bit predictable, but the ending was very strong and made me want to read more.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great bit of sci fi, for a great escape from life! Well worth a read!

[Cmoore · Rating 5 out of 5]

This originally came out in the collection, Doomsday Chronicles... And it's a story that I enjoyed a lot. Anytime you find a Daniel Arthur Smith story, it is a good time... And if you're aware of his works you will enjoy the Tuckerization(s) included in the story...

As you can see I don't know how to review this without too many spoilers... Let's just say humanity shot themselves in the foot! And that's just the beginning...

[Ami · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story is intense and exciting. It should, imho, be taken as a warning in regards to the way we treat our home-Earth. I highly recommend it and I’m looking forward to reading more from Daniel Arthur Smith.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this ebook from the author and this is my honest and freely given opinion.

[Seamus · Rating 5 out of 5]

This short story from Daniel Arthur Smith is one of the darker & easily the best of the bunch of great stories originally included in the excellent Doomsday Chronicles.

Amazing read second time around and a very clever take on the dangers in the dependence on Artificial Intelligence!

[Philip · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very nicely crafted sci-fi short.