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Brad Lansky and the Result War Audiobook

"The Rogue Planet missed Earth by a few thousand kilometers and quickly receded into the blackness of space. The Sleepers, the smartest form of biological life ever encountered, showed no interest in Earth and shunned all communication, even with GAIA. The massive object deflected Earth inward, toward the Sun. Earth’s new orbit is elliptical - a colossal shock for every creature. For those who cling to life, the new normal means long dismal winters, punctuated by short summers of searing heat. Worst of all, the new orbit is chaotic, because it gets too close to Venus. All of humanity is anxiously looking at GAIA to restore certainty, and with it, hope. GAIA’s vast computational abilities are being brought to bear on a single, fiendishly difficult result: What is the future of Earth’s orbit? But this result is also of great interest to others. So great, that someone has started a very public ‘result war’ with GAIA. Someone anonymous, with monumental computing power, for reasons only a paranoid AI could begin to comprehend. - Track 1 - The Great Uncertainty - The Full Advantage ponders the refusal of the Ankaans to make contact, despite having left Earth with an unstable orbit. - Track 2 - Mythaxium (& After Math Result 1) - A strange and somewhat paranoid AI calls Brad. Not an easy conversation for either of them. - Track 3 - The Digital Divide - Brad and Alex on foot in the off-grid African savannah. Will their illegal tech be a help or hindrance? - Track 4 - Highly Programmed Insect (& Result 2) - Something is very wrong with Brinn. The entity 'Anonymous' issues its first prediction on the future of Earth's orbit. - Track 5 - Cycle Farm (& Result 3) - Someone is systematically hacking Brinn's mind. But who? And why? - Track 6 - Dream Lucid - They learn what they can, but the attacker will not be easy to find. - Track 7 - Chaos (& Result 4) - Brad and Brinn talk about chaos. GAIA issues a scary result. - Track 8 - Doors Of Interception - Brinn manages to take a back seat in her mind, with fruitful results. - Track 9 - Lowlife - They confront the hacker in his compound with the help of AI, and insects. - Track 10 - Ejection (& Result 5) - Just as they celebrate their victory, GAIA issues a shocking result. - Track 11 - Seed Bank, Ross Island - Mythaxium persuades them that all roads lead to Scott Base in Antarctica, or what's left of it. - Track 12 - Benny - Brad and Alex are no strangers to alien life forms, but this..... - Track 13 - Scott Base - Trapped deep under the ice, and way out of their depth. - Track 14 - Forward Errors - Struggling on, at the mercy of tech that is scarcely distinguishable from magic. - Track 15 - A Very Different Ejection (& Result 6) - They find a way to force the Ankaans' hand. Great powers converge upon Brad with a laser focus. - Track 16 - Analog Life - Brad is gone, somewhere in exile. The hacker is back. - Track 17 - Ship’s Log - The future of Earth's orbit is now certain, and dreadful. But B-life now has 'Scotti'."

J.D. Venne (Author), Dieter Zimmermann, Jennifer Beattie, Jeremy Crutchley, Kevin Stoloff, Luke Turnbull, Marty Kintu, Matthew Roberts, Nigel Vermaas, Stephen Jennings, Susan Danford, Wiseman Sithole, Zoe Zimmermann (Narrator)

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Brad Lansky and the Rogue Era

"“A before B, except after C” - a favorite saying of Carbon-Based A-life. Biological or ‘B-life’ was overtaken by A-life centuries ago and now the balance of power is at the tipping point. An invisible rogue planet on a perfect collision course with Earth caught everyone by surprise, even GAIA. With nearly all forty billion humans still living on Earth, this time it really is the end of the world for B-life. What is to be done? Moving a planet is beyond the combined capabilities of all of Sol System’s resources, and there is no ‘planet B’. Even worse, many class 12 AI’s don’t think B-life deserves to survive - after all, extinction in this universe is the rule, not the exception. Does humanity deserve to survive? Does Earth? Does deserve have anything to do with it? There is a woman, Brinn, a scientist who has scoured the entire DNA database for the best biological capabilities, plant and animal alike. These she integrated into her own biome, evolved to the pinnacle of B-life in a single package. She has lived to give B-life a fighting chance in a cruel cosmos. She will determine the nature of the Rogue Era. - Track 1 - Brinn – Dr Diaz gives a talk on the future of Human biology. Brad listens in attentively. - Track 2 – A World on Hold – An invisible rogue planet on a collision course with Earth catches everyone by surprise. Why is Brad the last to know? - Track 3 – A New Subway Exit – The awful truth has sunk in and Earth is in chaos. Earth’s Armada departs for the rogue planet. - Track 4 - Scapegoat – Mobs have bombed Brinn’s apartment. Is there anything left to live for? - Track 5 – Rogue Planet – They go down to inspect one of the many large radio-active craters. They catch a glimpse of something blue below the surface when the machines attack. - Track 6 – Hard Rain – Brinn returns to the crater and penetrates underground. Clearly this is where everything happens. - Track 7 - BiAdmiral – They discuss the strange nature of the mysterious BiAdmiral – half AI, half human. Brinn produces evidence for a complex Carbon-based life form. - Track 8 – Carbon Snob – The Vice-Admiral is not impressed with their findings. And his tone is worrisome. Surely any contribution should be welcomed with open arms? - Track 9 - Them – Deciphering the machines’ language yields frequent references to a third person object, plural, gender unknown. Do the machines work for “them”? - Track 10 – Another Actor – The BiAdmiral has dropped nuclear bombs on the planet. All information they share is treated with disdain. - Track 11 – The Devil You Know – In his desperation Brad calls on Solefuge for help. Can this powerful AI’s ambitions be aligned with the needs of humanity? - Track 12 – A Nose for Them – Brinn designs a sensor-molecule to find ‘them’. She needs the fleet to distribute the sensors, but to their horror the BiAdmiral announces operation ‘Save the Earth’. - Track 13 – The Sleepers – In a brilliant flash of insight, Brinn manages to find them. With only a few hours left, she rushes to make contact, but Brad finds it difficult to say goodbye. - Track 14 – Panspermia II – Thousands of craters erupt with rock and plasma. And B-life. - Track 15 – Brad 2.0 – Brad’s brainstate backup awakes in a new body. Change is the hallmark of the new Rogue Era."

J.D. Venne (Author), Adrian Galley, Dieter Zimmermann, Jayne Batsofin, Jennifer Beattie, Kathryn Grody, Matthew Roberts, Nigel Vermaas, Sally Toosey, Shannyn Fourie, Susan Danford (Narrator)

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