Level Seven

Killday, Book 3

By: William Ledbetter

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

A year after the radical Kilburnites thought they destroyed all AIs and reclaimed Earth for humanity, something malignant is growing in the ruins of the once great cities and no human has been able to get close enough to find out what it is.

On the other side of the solar system, Abby Gibson, daughter of the hero who saved Earth on Killday, is nearly killed in the cold vacuum of the asteroid belt by something she doesn't understand. Now, the stealthy object is on course to destroy the space habitat she calls home.

In Level Seven, the exciting culmination of the Killday series, AIs strive to evolve into a super intelligence and might destroy humanity in that pursuit. But could their hopes of achieving godhood actually lie with the nearly extinct humans they intend to eradicate?

©2023 William Ledbetter (P)2023 Audible Originals, LLC.

Interesting series and expertly performed!

This didn’t go where I thought it was going to go. Fascinating series nonetheless. I’m very much looking forward to new works by this author. And, I seriously hope that this performer is the one to read it! I don’t think there could have been a better duo for these books.

Top notch narration!

Macleod Andrews’ narration is amazing. His ability to produce vastly different voices, while keeping each one distinct and nuanced is exceptional. Good book too, but Macleod’s performance really carries the story.

details

I disliked the sometime monitored sind of the narrators voice. Other than that it was fine.

Not the ending I expected

Have enjoyed this series for from the get go... was really sure how I thought it would end but didn't see it going the way it did..

A truly satisfying conclusion

A truly satisfying conclusion to this 3-book Hard SF series.

It turns out the AI "Aggregate" weren't as exterminated as humanity thought. And the Aggregate have new plans...

Lots of conundrums for all the participating characters--the humans, the bi-ad human/AI pairs, and the AIs--and so many twisty turns in the plot. Despite this being hard SF, the author really kept it character-driven, which I loved. My favorite part, though, is that ending. Totally unexpected, and man I just loved it! Would love to hop over all the "messy middle bits" and live in that space :-) . Some of the humans being fans of "classic" SF shows was lots of fun, and greatly appreciated. Finally, I listened to this as an audiobook, and the narrator did a simply fantastic job.