Evil Machines

Artificial intelligence (AI) guru Steve Shwartz has grown frustrated with the fear-inducing hype around AI in popular culture and media. Yes, today’s AI systems are miracles of modern engineering, but no, humans do not have to fear robots seizing control or taking over all our jobs. In this exploration of the fascinating and ever-changing landscape of AI, Shwartz separates the facts from the tropes of apocalyptic science fiction.

The machines brought society to its knees. Now, the last remaining humans fight for survival - and to take back what's theirs. Junior, a robotics expert, tinkers quietly underground. With dozens of machine kills under his belt, he knows the enemy inside and out. Alpha0verride, a reclusive black hat hacker, uses the skills acquired over a life of shady activity to outwit the hyper-intelligent machines swarming in on her. Brick, a special forces operator and one of the few Pentagon survivors, fights his inner demons to embark on the most important mission of his life.

Book 2 of The Path of a Titan series. "An intense and action-filled sequel that gets better with every page." --You Should Try Reading One year has passed since Carson's draft, and a lot has changed. Carson has been trained in the legendary marital arts of the Whispering Tree by some of the best proctorTitans the military has to offer. As a newly knighted lowDelta, Carson plunges back into Harmony with an important mission, and a hidden agenda. While the world is distracted, Robert Fox presses his plans forward and gets one step closer to his ultimate goal, the sovereign's crown.

Ukraine is becoming a very dangerous place. Suicide drones attack civilians and infrastructure with impunity after all of the $100k surface to air missiles are gone and the “flack tracks” run out of bullets. In a horror show of a war, it’s time for some good old American ingineuity. Pole Dance Aviation, a Private Military Company, is established by its charismatic owner Jason Kane to assist with counter drone operations. Flying highly modified Cold War airframes, PDA gets down to the nitty gritty of shooting suicide drones out of the sky far cheaper than launching missiles that cost ...

What if John Henry had a son? Twelve-year-old Ray is haunted by the strangest memories of his father, whom Ray swears could speak to animals. Now an orphan, Ray jumps from a train going through the American South and falls in with a medicine show train and its stable of sideshow performers. The performers turn out to be heroes, defenders of the wild, including the son of John Henry. They are hiding the last of the mythical Swamp Sirens from an ancient evil known as the Gog.

In The Nine Pound Hammer, John Bemis introduced middle-grade listeners to a whole new approach to epic fantasy, founded on characters and themes from American mythology and lore, including the legend of John Henry. Now in the third and final book, the heroes come together at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago for a final confrontation with a businessman and tycoon who is in fact an ageless evil known as the Gog. With his Dark Machine, he intends to bend the world to his ruthless vision of progress and efficiency.

Antique Mirror Short Story inspired The Witches of Hant Hollow Trilogy. Victoria Frost, a Nashville artist yearning for a fresh start, stumbles upon a quaint farmhouse with an unexpected allure. At its heart is an antique mirror above the mantle, a relic that exudes both beauty and mystery. But this mirror is no ordinary heirloom—it holds a secret that will change her life forever. One evening, while talking on the phone with her art dealer and best friend, Max, Victoria glimpses a spectral figure in the mirror’s depths. Emboldened by curiosity and a touch of courage, she places her ...