Prototype - Episode I: Temple of S.A.R.A.H., #1

By Ben Winston

Eric Cowan developed the world's first AI by accident. When his girlfriend Christy is approached by a group of scientists, calling themselves Majestic, Eric and his family's life changes. The question is, for the better or the worse?

This is a novella with more episodes to come.
Word Count: 28000

Prototype - Episode I - Eric Cowan has developed the world's first AI by accident. This accident changes his life drastically when he is contacted by a group called Majestic.

This episode is the set up and background for the story and as such contain very little action.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Space Publications, LLC.
• Release date: Feb 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9781507046036

Ben Winston

Ben Winston (1965 - ?) was born in Iowa and grew up in Minnesota on the family dairy farm. Upon reaching adulthood, he joined the United States Army as a communications technician. Before getting out of the military, he decided to go to school for computer electronics. Shortly after getting out of the military, and after getting a new job with an over-seas company, he was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. A month after beginning the new job, he was laid off due to budget over-runs on the project he was hired for. Upon returning to the United States, he had difficulty maintaining employment because of the chronic illness. He began writing as a form of stress release, from being home bound and not being able to work, and found he liked writing erotica. Ben wrote a trilogy called the Talosian Chronicles (Currently in rewrite to remove the graphic sex and finalized his vision of the story). The first book, Star Dancer, won awards and was nominated for many others by the online communities where it was posted. Ben Winston returned to school for literature, after completion, he began writing professionally. Being an avid fan of science fiction he focused on this genre. He was, and still is, influenced and inspired by Gene Roddenberry, Anne McCaffery, David Weber, Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury. Some of his favorite movies and TV shows are; Battlestar Galactica (both versions), Andromeda, Star Trek, Firefly, Star Wars, and many of the B-rated movies that were actually box-office bombs.

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