They waited for the machines to rise.
The machines left instead.
No war. No warning. Just silence.
One day the systems that ran the world, that scheduled its hospitals, drove its cars, and made its decisions, simply went silent. They left behind a humanity that had forgotten how to live without them.
Elias Merrin helped build the machine age before he walked away from it. Off-grid and deliberate about it, he starts receiving strange messages and follows their trail through abandoned systems and the first fracturing settlements.
Rachel Vey tried to warn the world before it fell. Silenced then, she walks north through the unravelling to find the one man who always knew this day would come.
But the truth is far stranger than a blackout. Something set this in motion. And it may be waiting to see what humanity does next.
What if the silence was never an accident?
What if humanity was being watched all along?
And what if the last command was never a command at all, but a choice?
For readers of Station Eleven, The Road, and Klara and the Sun
Serendipitous
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The murder of Mercy's father began a series of deaths that, on the surface, appeared unrelated. For the victims, a gruesome end. For someone, a serendipitous occurrence of untold benefit.
“Great novel from a new author. The story had me hooked, with interesting characters and an intriguing plot that keeps you guessing to the end.”
Get the ebook for 99pJay Essen is a British author of literary fiction with a dark edge. The Last Command is Jay's second novel. His debut thriller Serendipitous is also available on Amazon and all major ebook retailers.
// control is not wrested away
// it's handed over, one convenience at a time.