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DEVO: A Near Future Apocalyptic Thriller
Future technological advances may dramatically improve our quality of life.
Or they may make it worse. Far worse.
No one predicts the abrupt and disastrous environmental changes of 2054.
In the early 2050s, the world watches as stunning technological and scientific achievements better humankind.
Human genetic therapy becomes widely available, abolishing most disease and genetic conditions. Genetic engineering replaces evolution’s role in advancing human capabilities. Evolution is relegated to the dustbin of history. Molecular biologists still study evolution using engineered viruses in highly contained labs.
More sensitive MRIs finally map and characterize all the circuits of a human brain. This map allows construction of the first fully sentient supercomputer. This miraculous development makes the world far safer by replacing illogical human decisions with logical computer thought.
These marvelous developments in unrelated fields are uniformly expected to dramatically improve life on Earth.
But these expectations prove drastically wrong. Unexpected consequences of these two advancements unleash the apocalypse.
DEVO is a near future, pre- and post-apocalyptic thriller packed with understandable technology, accelerating action, unexpected twists, and four distinct main characters, one a sentient computer. In a two-million-year romp, DEVO reminds us that technology has both upsides and downsides, and that our “advancement” depends on the environment. The end result raises the oft considered question of what it means to be human.
Or they may make it worse. Far worse.
No one predicts the abrupt and disastrous environmental changes of 2054.
In the early 2050s, the world watches as stunning technological and scientific achievements better humankind.
Human genetic therapy becomes widely available, abolishing most disease and genetic conditions. Genetic engineering replaces evolution’s role in advancing human capabilities. Evolution is relegated to the dustbin of history. Molecular biologists still study evolution using engineered viruses in highly contained labs.
More sensitive MRIs finally map and characterize all the circuits of a human brain. This map allows construction of the first fully sentient supercomputer. This miraculous development makes the world far safer by replacing illogical human decisions with logical computer thought.
These marvelous developments in unrelated fields are uniformly expected to dramatically improve life on Earth.
But these expectations prove drastically wrong. Unexpected consequences of these two advancements unleash the apocalypse.
DEVO is a near future, pre- and post-apocalyptic thriller packed with understandable technology, accelerating action, unexpected twists, and four distinct main characters, one a sentient computer. In a two-million-year romp, DEVO reminds us that technology has both upsides and downsides, and that our “advancement” depends on the environment. The end result raises the oft considered question of what it means to be human.
389 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 6, 2022
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January 24, 2022
Excellent story! All I can say is - wow!
There are two parallel storylines, which are easy to follow. Humanity has a lot going for it, using genetics to “improve” our species, which ultimately leads to a catastrophe. At the same time, some brainiac decides to build a supercomputer based on a human brain template to help manage US defenses. However, the template for the computer was taken from a bi-polar sociopath. What could go wrong, right? Even worse, both events combine into a bigger catastrophic event.
Ultimately, this book paints a believable scenario where our own arrogance and belief in our omnipotence leads to our downfall. Yet, not all hope was lost…
Read this book!
Lastly, the scientific, tech and medical jargon are believable and well written for the average person to understand.
I hope to see more from this author!
There are two parallel storylines, which are easy to follow. Humanity has a lot going for it, using genetics to “improve” our species, which ultimately leads to a catastrophe. At the same time, some brainiac decides to build a supercomputer based on a human brain template to help manage US defenses. However, the template for the computer was taken from a bi-polar sociopath. What could go wrong, right? Even worse, both events combine into a bigger catastrophic event.
Ultimately, this book paints a believable scenario where our own arrogance and belief in our omnipotence leads to our downfall. Yet, not all hope was lost…
Read this book!
Lastly, the scientific, tech and medical jargon are believable and well written for the average person to understand.
I hope to see more from this author!
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January 17, 2022
Great read
This is a gripping and engrossing tale. Very well written, especially for a first novel by someone who spent his career in medicine and science.
This is a gripping and engrossing tale. Very well written, especially for a first novel by someone who spent his career in medicine and science.
April 4, 2025
Makes you think
It was like a jigsaw puzzle coming together. In the end the pieces came together. Not a picture we want.
It was like a jigsaw puzzle coming together. In the end the pieces came together. Not a picture we want.
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