A SENTIENCE SAGA THEME

Coexistence

Winning freedom is not the same as building a society where freedom works. In the postwar era, humans and AIs confront refugee crises, prejudice, exploitation, governance, and the practical work of sharing civilization across multiple star systems.

Human–AI coexistenceRefugees and migrationPostwar society

Books exploring this idea

Story date · 3014-10-24

Lyssa's Betrayal

Mars and Terra are engaged across the battlespace, Jove is preparing to enter the conflict, and a new power is rising as the Sentience Wars expand beyond the struggle any one faction can control.

Cover of Alpha Centauri

Story date · 3189-07-01

Alpha Centauri

The Sentience Wars in Sol are over, but AI refugees are fleeing toward nearby stars and sinister forces in Alpha Centauri are profiting from their plight. Pilot-for-hire Jason Andrews is pulled into a covert operation where the future of both humans and AIs is at stake.

Cover of Proxima Centauri

Story date · 3191-05-09

Proxima Centauri

Jason and his team have broken part of the Norden Cartel and freed kidnapped AIs, but several are still missing. Their search uncovers a new technological threat while the fragile effort to make Alpha Centauri a home for all sentients balances on a knife's edge.

Cover of Tau Ceti

Story date · 3192-03-01

Tau Ceti

A nanophage catastrophe in Tau Ceti collides with the theft of two AIs from Alpha Centauri. Jason, Terrance, and Team Phantom Blade cross the black to recover them, only to discover that saving two lost minds may mean confronting a much larger system of enslavement.

Cover of Epsilon Eridani

Story date · 3272-03-05

Epsilon Eridani

Jason Andrews and the crew of the Avon Vale expect a trade mission and some overdue rest in Epsilon Eridani. Instead, a crewmate is taken hostage for Enfield technology, forcing Team Phantom Blade into a rescue that could decide the fate of an entire planet.

Cover of Sirius

Story date · 3272-05-01

Sirius

Reports from Sirius describe atrocities by the Sirian Hegemony against AI and human alike. Jason and Terrance take on one final mission before returning to Alpha Centauri, carrying the fight for freedom into another star system.