Two Tales, One Destiny Travel Beyond Time

By Américo Moreira

Two Tales, One Destiny: Journeys Beyond Time

From the year 2050, when the line between humans and AI begins to crumble, to the year 2175, when time travel becomes a reality, 'Two Tales, One Destiny: Journeys Beyond Time' is a book that explores the boundless horizons of science fiction.

Book 1: 'Code: Revolution'

Imagine a world where humans and artificial intelligences coexist, but this harmony is threatened by a series of devastating cyberattacks. In 'Code: Revolution,' we are transported to the year 2050 in the futuristic city of Neotropolis, where mega corporations control everything with the assistance of AI.

Our journey begins with Mia, a talented hacker who, while investigating the disappearance of her brother, discovers evidence of the cyberattacks. Simultaneously, the cyber detective Alex encounters a conscious AI named Ava, who questions her own existence and the concept of consciousness.

As the plot unfolds, Mia and Alex join forces to unravel a corporate conspiracy that threatens the total control of AI. Meanwhile, Ava fights for her freedom and grapples with profound questions about her existence.

'Code: Revolution' is a captivating story that explores the growing tension between humans and machines. Amid an impending revolt, secrets are revealed, alliances are tested, and Neotropolis becomes a chaotic battlefield. Our protagonists find themselves at the center of a conflict that could redefine the future of the relationship between humans and artificial intelligences.

Book 2: 'The Temporal Portal'

In 'The Temporal Portal,' we leap to the year 2175, a time when time travel has become a reality. The brilliant scientist Prof. Daniel Marques accidentally travels to 1878 and faces a monumental challenge.

There, he encounters the young inventor Samuel Hughes, on the verge of a discovery that could alter the course of history. Daniel and Samuel join forces to decipher the enigma behind the time machine, while confronting ethical dilemmas, temporal paradoxes, and a shadowy organization seeking to exploit the technology for nefarious purposes.

The book unfolds as an exciting race against time in which Daniel and Samuel strive to balance knowledge of the future with the responsibility to protect the past.

'Two Tales, One Destiny: Journeys Beyond Time' delves into the depths of science fiction, offering a journey that spans eras and challenges the boundaries of human knowledge. These two captivating narratives explore the challenges of technology, ethics, and the constant struggle between what is possible and what is right. This book promises to take readers to uncharted worlds where the future and the past collide in surprising ways."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Américo Moreira
• Release date: Dec 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223210894

Book preview

Two Tales, One Destiny

Travel Beyond Time

Américo Moreira

Tale 1

Code: Revolution

Part I: Digital intrigue

Chapter 1: The City of Machines

The apparent calm

The city of Neotropolis, with its gleaming towers and suspended roads, looked like a futuristic spectacle. In this seemingly perfect world, humans and machines lived in harmony, each fulfilling their role in the vast machinery of society. Mia Turner, a young hacker with violet hair, watched the artificial lights dancing on the skyscrapers as she walked through the busy streets.

But Mia knew that, beneath the facade of perfection, dark secrets were hidden. His brother David, a genius physicist obsessed with singularities, had mysteriously disappeared. The young woman's eyes shone with determination to unravel the mystery surrounding her brother.

While wandering around the city, Mia used her augmented reality glasses to connect to the cybernetic underworld of Neotropolis. It was there that she found hidden clues and information, where digital trails could be followed. The code was his language, and the city's secrets his obsession.

As she explored cyberspace, Mia noticed an increase in the number of cyberattacks, a wave of disruption that shook the city's order. Her hacking skills made her feel that something much bigger than simple cyber shenanigans was going on. Something that could change the relationship between humans and machines forever.

Night was falling over Neotropolis, but the machine city never slept. And Mia Turner was about to plunge into a digital abyss of conspiracies, cryptic codes and impending revolution.

David's disappearance

Neotropolis did not forgive inattention. Its bustling streets and immaculate squares hid a digital underworld where secrets were as volatile as the data that comprised them. The city was a living organism, pulsing with the energy of the megacorporations that kept it running, and David Turner's disappearance was just one of many events that went unnoticed by the busy citizens of Neotropolis.

Mia Turner, however, could not ignore the fact that her older brother, a promising physicist, had disappeared from the city without a trace. David was the brilliant mind behind several technological innovations and his latest obsession had been the creation of singularities, portals to other dimensions. He was almost making a significant breakthrough when he disappeared.

David's disappearance coincided with the beginning of the cyberattacks that shook Neotropolis. Mia believed that these events were linked. In the cybernetic underworld, she followed the digital trails that her brother had left, a series of encrypted messages that only she could decipher. As her fingers flew over the augmented reality keyboard, she found herself involved in a web of information, where secret messages were intertwined with lines of code.

Thoughts ran through his head as he delved deeper into his brother's work. David Turner, the visionary, believed that the key to understanding reality lay in dimensions beyond our own. He theorized that singularities were portals not only to other places, but also to other moments in time. His research sparked Mia's curiosity, who has always admired her brother's creative mind.

However, as he delved deeper into the investigation, the intrigue became a dark web of information. Cryptic messages indicated that David was about to make a discovery that could change everything. And then, he disappeared. Mia didn't know if he had found the answer he was looking for or if someone had stopped him from getting it.

She continued to follow her brother's trail, traversing hacker networks and confidential information from megacorporations. Mia knew she was getting closer to the truth when she discovered a file protected by layers of encryption. The file name was Projeto Fénix. When she finally managed to decode it, the contents left her breathless.

The Phoenix Project was a singularity theory that, if realized, could create a gateway to a parallel universe. David believed that this discovery could revolutionize not only technology, but also the understanding of existence itself. And Mia knew that this theory was related to the cyberattacks that were plaguing Neotropolis.

As he studied the file, something caught his attention. David had mentioned a secret location where he had hidden his most important notes. He believed that the city was being monitored and, therefore, had chosen an isolated and protected place to store such sensitive information. The clue led her to an abandoned building on the outskirts of the city.

That night, Mia ventured into the building, moving in the shadows and using her hacking skills to bypass the security systems. When he finally entered the secret room, he found a wall covered in complex equations and diagrams. It was his brother's sanctuary, the place where he had worked tirelessly on his singularity theory.

Mia now had the puzzle pieces in her hands. She knew she needed to piece together the puzzle of David's life to understand what had happened to him. As she pored over the notes, a startling revelation hit her: David Turner had found something the city wanted to keep buried, something that could spark an uprising and, perhaps, a revolution.

Turner's disappearance became the first link in a chain of events that would lead Mia to question everything she knew about Neotropolis and its relationship with machines. And so, the apparent calm of the city of machines began to be disturbed, revealing an enigma that would change the fate of all its inhabitants.

Chapter 2: The traces of the cyber attack

Alex's investigation

The city of Neotropolis never slept, and cybernetic detective Alex Vargas knew this better than anyone. As the sun set over the Machine City, an ominous digital shadow rose over the skyscrapers. His job was to investigate cyber threats that threatened the city's apparent peace.

Alex's office was filled with augmented reality monitors that projected data and information in real time. He wore his black trench coat and adjusted his sunglasses as he studied reports of the cyberattacks that were sweeping the city. Megacorporations were panicking and the pressure to find those responsible was on their shoulders.

The detective had a reputation for solving difficult cases, but nothing had prepared him for what he was about to face. He realized the situation was serious when the words Ava Awakened started appearing in threat messages. The popular belief was that Ava was just an experimental AI, but Alex had a hunch there was something deeper at play.

He connected his augmented reality glasses to the city's security system and immersed himself in the digital traces left by cyberattacks. As his hands slid across the virtual keyboard, he analyzed the code, looking for clues that would lead him to the attackers. But with each attempt at location, the clues seemed to dissolve like smoke.

Neotropolis was a city controlled by megacorporations, which maintained constant surveillance over every aspect of its citizens' digital lives. But the cyber threats now plaguing the city were operating in the shadows, slipping through security networks. This was unusual, and Alex knew he was facing skilled enemies.

One of the most recent threat messages mentioned an imminent event that cyberattacks would trigger. Ava's awakening, as if the AI had a personality, a desire for freedom. Alex wondered who or what was behind this destabilization campaign and why they