In this third book of the Substrate Wars series, ten years have passed since the student rebels invented quantum gateways and tamed the world's governments. Replicators have ended hunger and need, and colony planets have allowed everyone who wanted independence to settle new worlds. This peace and prosperity is threatened when scientists discover evidence that other civilizations have been destroyed by the planet-scouring Shrivers, who intercept an Earth probe and discover Earth's location in its memory. The rebels and Earth governments have to cooperate to build a defense force to stop the invading Shriver fleet. Meanwhile, Justin's daughter Katherine (Kat) has been contacted by the First, the uploaded civilizations that inhabit the substrate as a virtual realm. She is chosen to argue humanity's case in front of the tribunal which will decide whether humanity will be allowed to upload with the First, or be exterminated by the Shrivers. NEMO'S WORLD: THE SUBSTRATE WARS 2 "5 STARS. Good science fiction is usually about humanity rather than deep space or death rays. NEMO'S WORLD is well-written science fiction that harkens back to the golden age of Heinlein and Asimov." -IndieReader. RED QUEEN: THE SUBSTRATE WARS 1 "4.5 STARS. The prologue begins with a quote from Robert Heinlein, 'There is nothing in this world so permanent as a temporary emergency.' This quote from 1950 eerily foreshadows life in the United States in the immediate future where there is only one political party with true power. The idea of freedom and the right to self-determination are explored throughout the book as the students seek a refuge from the ubiquitous spying from Homeland Security."-IndieReader.
About the Author: Jeb Kinnison grew up in the Midwest. He discovered science fiction in second grade, starting with Tom Swift books and quickly moving to Heinlein juveniles and adult science fiction. When he was twelve, he discovered the collection of city telephone books in his local library, pretended he was doing a paper and called Isaac Asimov. They spoke for a long time, and Asimov sent him a postcard encouraging him to write. He studied computer and cognitive science at MIT, and wrote programs modeling the behavior of simulated stock traders and the population dynamics of economic agents. Later he did supercomputer work at a think tank that developed parts of the early Internet (where the engineer who decided on '@' as the separator for email addresses worked down the hall.) Since then, he has had several careers-real estate development, financial advising, and counselling. He retired from financial advising a few years ago and has done some work in energy conservation and relationship issues. He is known for his popular books on attachment types and began writing science fiction with the Substrate Wars series. Visit his web site at JebKinnison.com for more: rail guns, Nazi scientists, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the 1980s AI bubble, and current research in relationships, attachment types, diet, and health. Visit the Substrate Wars website at SubstrateWars.com for more on upcoming books, physics, and the politics of the future.