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Exotiqa World #2
Sphere
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Divergent meets iRobot. ENTER TOMORROW with this YA Robot Cyberpunk Dystopian novel
EXOTIQA 1
THIRTY 1.5
SPHERE 2
With machine advancements embedded within human bodies, the questions of social inequality and prejudice come to light...
A year after the events of Exotiqa, Fione and Maci, are now facing ImaTech’s latest threat, the Humanbot program. Under the careful eye of Russell Wagner, this won't be easy.
With Sector Spheres keeping watch on Fione and her best friend Spear joining the rebellious Vigilante group, Fione has to trust Pix more than ever. But is his allegiance to the human race the same as hers?
Meanwhile, Maci is happy to have Thirty back in her arms, but she has struggles of her own trying to keep off the radar of the Flexbot Recycling Centers that want to destroy any conscious Flex, and while she relies on Thirty for survival she has doubts of her own about his loyalty.
In this original series, we watch humans lose their humanity as they become more robotic, and robots become more humanlike with a sense of love and compassion.
Told from two points of view: Maci’s and Fione’s, the reader will gain a better sense of what life might be like inside of a sentient machine’s brain from Maci, and from Fione learn more about the ‘transportation problem’ and how human consciousness might work inside of a machine if one day we ever arrive at that technology.
Fans of Divergent, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner, iRobot, and A.I. will love this dystopian world with two young but strong female heroines who must save the fragile system crumbling around them. This story will even satisfy those looking for something with more philosophical themes and it is a perfect fit for readers interested in sci-fi, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
Flexbot dialogue is told in Synchro Let text in print (10 font size in ebook), and human dialogue is told in Baskerville text (12 font size).
Divergent meets iRobot. ENTER TOMORROW with this YA Robot Cyberpunk Dystopian novel
EXOTIQA 1
THIRTY 1.5
SPHERE 2
With machine advancements embedded within human bodies, the questions of social inequality and prejudice come to light...
A year after the events of Exotiqa, Fione and Maci, are now facing ImaTech’s latest threat, the Humanbot program. Under the careful eye of Russell Wagner, this won't be easy.
With Sector Spheres keeping watch on Fione and her best friend Spear joining the rebellious Vigilante group, Fione has to trust Pix more than ever. But is his allegiance to the human race the same as hers?
Meanwhile, Maci is happy to have Thirty back in her arms, but she has struggles of her own trying to keep off the radar of the Flexbot Recycling Centers that want to destroy any conscious Flex, and while she relies on Thirty for survival she has doubts of her own about his loyalty.
In this original series, we watch humans lose their humanity as they become more robotic, and robots become more humanlike with a sense of love and compassion.
Told from two points of view: Maci’s and Fione’s, the reader will gain a better sense of what life might be like inside of a sentient machine’s brain from Maci, and from Fione learn more about the ‘transportation problem’ and how human consciousness might work inside of a machine if one day we ever arrive at that technology.
Fans of Divergent, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner, iRobot, and A.I. will love this dystopian world with two young but strong female heroines who must save the fragile system crumbling around them. This story will even satisfy those looking for something with more philosophical themes and it is a perfect fit for readers interested in sci-fi, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
Flexbot dialogue is told in Synchro Let text in print (10 font size in ebook), and human dialogue is told in Baskerville text (12 font size).
253 pages, ebook
Published April 15, 2017
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April 10, 2018
Much like the first book, both the second novelette:”Thirty” and the finale “Sphere”, my opening quote is not from these books. The quote that I choose this time is from Emily Dickinson:” Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul”
These books radiate hope. “Thirty”, a short story, gives a bit of background for the Flexbot Thirty, as well as an early glimpse of Maci, the Flexbot who loves him. The two of them are the primary movers in the whole story arc. Maci shares the narration with Fione: one a sentient Flexbot, the other a Humanbot. And with this sentience comes a wish to live and questions of that type.
Fione is “The Freedom Fighter” the face that took down the attempt to control the world through a specific program. “Sphere” is set one year beyond then with Fione trying to fit into a school much changed. More humanbots allow her to not feel so alone. Her relationship with Pix deepens and Maci and Thirty are staying with the Silverstones. Vigilante groups have developed to stop the bots from taking over, and Flexbots are banding together to survive.
And Fione is just trying to be a teenager. But the body that she was put in to save her life is failing, and no amount of work is changing that. Her vicer friends are trying, but what’s left of ImaTech is also deteriorating. Can things change? Will things change might be a better question.
Hope is the soul’s opening to self determination. But can hope survive the onslaught to come?
M Black is a brilliant writer. She has developed a world that might be something close to what we could experience if left to ourselves. This is an ethical dilemma. Who deserves to win? Anyone? A fascinating series worth exploring, this book caps a marvelous glimpse into a future worth exploring. Highly recommended.5/5
[disclaimer: I won these books from an online contest run by the author. I chose to voluntarily review them as a whole]
These books radiate hope. “Thirty”, a short story, gives a bit of background for the Flexbot Thirty, as well as an early glimpse of Maci, the Flexbot who loves him. The two of them are the primary movers in the whole story arc. Maci shares the narration with Fione: one a sentient Flexbot, the other a Humanbot. And with this sentience comes a wish to live and questions of that type.
Fione is “The Freedom Fighter” the face that took down the attempt to control the world through a specific program. “Sphere” is set one year beyond then with Fione trying to fit into a school much changed. More humanbots allow her to not feel so alone. Her relationship with Pix deepens and Maci and Thirty are staying with the Silverstones. Vigilante groups have developed to stop the bots from taking over, and Flexbots are banding together to survive.
And Fione is just trying to be a teenager. But the body that she was put in to save her life is failing, and no amount of work is changing that. Her vicer friends are trying, but what’s left of ImaTech is also deteriorating. Can things change? Will things change might be a better question.
Hope is the soul’s opening to self determination. But can hope survive the onslaught to come?
M Black is a brilliant writer. She has developed a world that might be something close to what we could experience if left to ourselves. This is an ethical dilemma. Who deserves to win? Anyone? A fascinating series worth exploring, this book caps a marvelous glimpse into a future worth exploring. Highly recommended.5/5
[disclaimer: I won these books from an online contest run by the author. I chose to voluntarily review them as a whole]
May 7, 2017
a future world you shouldn't miss
This is a novel with depth. Set in a future world with humans, humanbots and flexbots and most of all amazing characters.
Are humanbots more human than flexbots? What makes one human? Are robots a danger to humanity? The restrictions of the law and different groups demanding different things. Who's right and who will win? You should read both or at least one of the books to better understand what it is about.
It's great and I enjoyed reading it. This is a novel and a world you shouldn't miss.
This is a novel with depth. Set in a future world with humans, humanbots and flexbots and most of all amazing characters.
Are humanbots more human than flexbots? What makes one human? Are robots a danger to humanity? The restrictions of the law and different groups demanding different things. Who's right and who will win? You should read both or at least one of the books to better understand what it is about.
It's great and I enjoyed reading it. This is a novel and a world you shouldn't miss.
March 26, 2017
A pleasure to write.
March 26, 2017
Like EXOTIQA there is a mixture of emotions that go throughout this whole story and gets you thinking that quite possibly it may actually happen in the real world. The robots and humans I had the pleasure to meet throughout this whole story intrigued me and kept me wanting to learn more of their stories. Love is very prominent as well. M. Black really pulls you in with this strange world.
April 3, 2017
A year later, Fi is struggling with her flex body and the students at school. Please read this dramatic conclusion to M. Black's Exoqita trilogy! Will flexes and humans be able to co-exist?
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