Infinity Engine

One confrontation will determine humanity's future Several factions pursue rogue artificial intelligence Penny Royal - hungry for revenge or redemption. And the Brockle AI is most dangerous of all. This criminal swarm-robot has escaped confinement and is upgrading itself, becoming ever more powerful to prepare for their showdown. Events also escalate aboard the war factory. Here Thorvald Spear, alien prador, and an assassin drone struggle to stay alive, battling insane AIs and technology gone wild. Then the Weaver arrives - last remnant of a supposedly dead race. But what is its connection to Penny Royal? And beyond the war factory, a black hole conceals a secret which could destroy humanity's Polity. As AIs, humans and prador clash at its boundary, will anything survive their explosive final confrontation? 'Asher imagines incredible beings wielding vast alien technologies . . . but all ultimately hinges on Thorvald Spear and his very human choices' Publishers Weekly 'A stunning conclusion to the Transformation series' Worlds in Ink