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Two sides of a shattered world. One chance to save it.
Twenty years ago, an EMP blast stopped Apex—a powerful AI bent on human extermination—and split the United States in two.
West of the Rockies, technology is outlawed and society has reverted to 19th-century ways under the strict rule of the Organites. East of the Mississippi, Apex still controls a hyper-modern world hurtling toward technological singularity. Between them lies a war-torn no-man’s-land, where both sides fight for dominance.
Adam, the restless son of the legendary rebels who triggered the blast, longs to join the fight but is stuck scavenging the wastelands with his parents’ caravan. No one knows he’s broken a cardinal rule—using forbidden tech to secretly befriend Joan, a young soldier-in-training from Apex’s side.
When Adam uncovers a threat even greater than Apex, he must convince Joan to risk everything to work together and reactivate a forgotten defense system before it’s too late.
But neither of them knows the truth about their past—a secret that could destroy their bond . . . and reshape the fate of humanity.
Alex Schuler began his career as a Navy pilot, then developed AI software for the commercial and defense sectors. His systems have been deployed on Navy ships and submarines, as well as NASA space shuttles. Alex turned to writing exciting and accessible science-based fiction to explore the ethical and philosophical implications of the technology he helped develop. His characters question their place and purpose in a rapidly changing world of ever-more-sophisticated—and potentially dangerous—technological advances.
Code Word Access, the first novel in Alex Schuler's Code Word series, shot to #1 on Amazon in the sci-fi category.
An early fan of Star Trek (the original, of course), The Outer Limits, and Sigourney Weaver in the Alien movies, you might find Alex wandering the halls of ComicCon or reading a great sci-fi book under redwood trees. Which book? Maybe Dune (Frank Herbert) or Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert Heinlein).
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