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Axis

Pages
304
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

On the enigmatic planet Equatoria, humanity lives under the watchful eye of the Hypotheticals, inscrutable machine intelligences. Turk Findley, a charter pilot with a past, is hired by Lise Adams, a journalist searching for her missing father, a scientist obsessed with the Hypotheticals' forbidden life extension technology. Meanwhile, a young boy named Isaac, genetically altered to bridge the gap between humans and AI, begins to awaken to his destiny as something vast and unknown stirs beneath the planet's surface.

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About the author

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Robert Charles Wilson

Robert Charles Wilson is the author of the science fiction novel Spin. His work often explores big ideas within accessible stories.

Characters

Turk FindleyProtagonist
Lise AdamsProtagonist
IsaacProtagonist
HypotheticalsAntagonist
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