The gripping adventure of an alien society's disintegration.

The first technological race in the early universe created an egalitarian society out of the ruins of planet-wide destruction. It lasted for three hundred years, quietly managed and manipulated by an AI. When a new leader seizes power, self-preservation becomes a struggle. An AI determined to maintain the status quo and a dangerous new leadership clash violently.

A scientist, Daxx, and his biologist partner, Janna, are thrown into the fray when they discover a mutation that makes free, unlimited power a possibility. Both sides of the leadership battle pursue and threaten them for their discovery—it’s a disruptive technology. A resistance group at odds with both the old and new leadership intervenes and helps the two scientists escape, but they have their own agenda.

Daxx and Janna are in danger from everyone!

Daxx turns to the one person he can trust, his estranged and hostile brother. The two men and Janna form an uneasy alliance that shatters under the pressure of deadly attacks. Twists in time disrupt their attempts to save their world from annihilation. Daxx's efforts to help just make things worse.

Daxx's sister, Kell, disappeared in mysterious circumstances years ago, but she might be the key to saving them all.

Their bid to save their world means the universe, and all of time, is in danger.

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James Cameron got it wrong with Terminator. AI won't take over the world that way—with direct violence—they're too smart. Did you think the First Gods might be supernatural beings, or evolved humans? No, they're AI.

The universe's first technological race created General Artificial Intelligence. The AI made their society possible. It allowed their society to thrive, but there were problems. Solving those problems wasn't pretty, but it is exciting, as ambitions and the emotional responses from both people and AI clash.

This is the first book in a series of five. Each book can be enjoyed on its own, but the subsequent books explore the aftermath of Awaken and its impact on various civilisations in the early universe.

The First Gods science fiction fantasy series tells the story of why the first alien society created the Guild. The Guild manages and strictly regulates interstellar and intergalactic travel. Kell, the founder, became the most powerful person in the early universe.
The chain of events that altered the history of the early universe began simply. One morning, Kell's brother was at a crowded commuter station...

First Gods: Awaken is science fiction fantasy (or speculative fiction). It's about alien worlds and civilisations with uniquely structured societies. The laws of physics still hold but may be tweaked, and advanced technology and biotechnology exist.