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The Schema #1
Humility
In the bayfront land of Tenoch, the death of Roberts Tolyem has exposed a vulnerability that citizens haven’t felt in decades. Those who saw their once-meager lives transform into a world of opulence and prosperity now question what future awaits them. Tenoch’s sudden rise as a global power left it with countless adversaries from all sides of the bay—including the tribe it conquered in a violent resurgence just generations prior. Mounting international tensions, fueled by nuclear capabilities, approach a fever pitch.
Beneath Tenoch’s unrest lurks a marvel of modern engineering. Fusing chemistry and computing, this top-secret discovery could advance civilization further than the internet, electrical circuit, or even the wheel. Whether it can survive Tenoch’s forthcoming regime change will depend on an unlikely encounter between enemy agents, fierce allies, and unwitting bystanders.
Swept into the turmoil is Kai Navarro, a boy who’s never left his native village.
Beneath Tenoch’s unrest lurks a marvel of modern engineering. Fusing chemistry and computing, this top-secret discovery could advance civilization further than the internet, electrical circuit, or even the wheel. Whether it can survive Tenoch’s forthcoming regime change will depend on an unlikely encounter between enemy agents, fierce allies, and unwitting bystanders.
Swept into the turmoil is Kai Navarro, a boy who’s never left his native village.
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Published November 12, 2016
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Avery Dox
3 books3 followersAvery Dox is a professional software engineer, avid developer enthusiast, and former accident-prone skydiver. He is best known for authoring the speculative fiction trilogy The Schema. A student of behavioral economics, his work often explores the human condition and its interaction with emerging technology or theoretical phenomena. When he’s not writing, coding, or building robots, he enjoys daydreaming about writing, coding, and building robots.
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July 10, 2020
A timely look at a future society with themes that resonate in our current challenging year. Characters are well developed (but pay attention to the names as you read so you can follow well). Very engaging combination of sci-fi/future/utopia with a surprising ending....I never saw it coming!
Have started the second book of this trilogy and am enjoying it as well.
Have started the second book of this trilogy and am enjoying it as well.
April 30, 2021
Loved this book.
Great world-building, believable characters and settings. There are also some really nice ideas about how a society might be run (good and bad). Like all great science fiction, the ideas are smuggled into the story without it seeming forced.
The main plot leaves a lot of threads for the next books to take up.
I am looking forward to reading them!
(oh, and it's an independent publication which makes such high quality even more impressive!)
Great world-building, believable characters and settings. There are also some really nice ideas about how a society might be run (good and bad). Like all great science fiction, the ideas are smuggled into the story without it seeming forced.
The main plot leaves a lot of threads for the next books to take up.
I am looking forward to reading them!
(oh, and it's an independent publication which makes such high quality even more impressive!)
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