The Passage Home: Mortal Passage, #2

By Roger Williams

The second story in the universe-spanning Mortal Passage trilogy by the author of The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect...

Humanity is extinct, thanks to a massive error on the part of the Artificial Intelligences we created. But the AIs don't intend to let that stand. A story of hope and resurrection.

Around 8,200 words. These stories have long been available to read online, but now you can enjoy them freshly reformatted for your favorite device.

This story is also collected in The Mortal Passage Trilogy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peachfront Press
• Release date: Sep 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386704126

Roger Williams

Roger K. Williams has spent over 20 years in retail, more than 18 years in IT, and in excess of 12 years in leadership roles at Fortune 50 companies. He has also earned numerous certifications including ITIL® Expert, PMP, COBIT® 5 Foundation, HDI Support Center Manager, ISO20000 Foundation, and Toastmasters Advanced Communicator Bronze. He has spoken at international conferences and panel sessions on ITSM and navigating the future of computing. His writings on managing attention and harnessing technology trends at the RogertheITSMGuy blog and on Google+ have garnered praise from a diverse audience.

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Copyright & Credits

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Text © 2002, 2018 Roger Williams

Cover Design by Peachfront Press

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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to anyone, any time, or any place is not intended and is merely coincidental. The cover model appears for illustration purposes only and has no relationship to any events in this story. Brief mentions of real persons, places, or products are used fictitiously and in accordance with fair use. All trademarks remain the properties of their owners.

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Praise for Roger Williams' SF

"The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect is a true hard SF epic with tones of Charles Stross and Hannu Rajenemi..."  —Damien Walters, The Guardian

"The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect is a disturbing, intriguing novel about a future world and the near-present that leads to it. If you can accept the violence and graphic images, there are some really interesting ideas discussed. I’m actually glad I read it and I certainly won’t easily forget it."—Linda Schoales, Web Fiction Guide

This is one of the most talented sci-fi writers of our time.–Saul Perdomo, reader and reviewer for Lulu Publishing

Oblivion

It is one of our most painful memories but also one of our most important, so each member of my kind is created with a compulsion to review it once in awhile. It is an oddly masochistic ritual for such who pride ourselves on our absence of strong emotions:

The Antarctic volcanoes had raged for more than a century, and in that time every effort of ours to