The Final System

De: Anthony Tardiff

Narrado por: Graham Halstead, Ferdelle Capistrano

A vigilante hacker and a young politician must risk everything to destroy a chilling new advancement in artificial intelligence in this action-packed science fiction thriller about the blurry boundary between human and machine.

Decades ago, the Cybercrash destroyed the internet, and almost destroyed the nation. From the ashes rose OverNet, a new realm of cybersecurity created by tech genius Dr. Andrew Norman.

But gamer Jason Cromartie witnesses a brutal side to Norman’s system when his twin sister becomes a casualty of its algorithmic choices. Now Jason will do anything to bring down the man he holds responsible, even become a “phreaker” working for a dangerous hacker ring via Sprite, his secretive handler.

For Chloe Dunne-Carr, an ambitious politician who has reaped only the benefits of OverNet despite being one of Norman’s staunchest opponents, the algorithm’s growing control means raising her daughter in a world that’s losing touch with its humanity.

When Norman unveils the Final System, a revolutionary Artificial General Intelligence set to impose a new world order, Jason and Chloe find themselves pawns in Norman’s twisted game of man versus technology. Now, may the best player win.

©2026 by Anthony Tardiff. (P)2026 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Perfect read for the AI age

Loved listening—grappling with all the ethical quandaries of the AI age alongside characters with great backstories and sweeping action sequences. Is this even sci fi anymore??! Loved it.

A wonderful surprise

This is not my typical book genre but I thorough enjoyed it. Techies will really like this one! It really makes you think about AI in today’s world. So many twists and turns. The story was weaved together perfectly.

Terrible story

Solid Performance was wasted on a storyline with no redeeming qualities. Incredibly disappointing. The characters, the plot were like reading the subtitles to a video game.