Calliope's Challenge: C.M.'s Singles, #5

By C.M. Simpson

A science-fiction short story incorporating:

 

A downed ship.

An AI sentience in jeopardy.

A hostile take-over in action.

When Peony sneaks out to make sure the crashed ship's AI is okay, she has no idea of what she, and her charge, are going up against. Can they survive the coming confrontation?

And will they be forgiven for the measures they have to take?

• Language: English
• Publisher: C.M. Simpson
• Release date: Feb 28, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224689798

C.M. Simpson

I spent the first twenty years of my life living in different parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. My father was a teacher who liked to travel, so he took teaching appointments in all kinds of places. I don’t think I stayed in one place for more than four years at a stretch. I wrote stories for most of that time, drawing on the different landscapes we encountered and giving a hyper-active imagination somewhere to run. Seeing so many different places gave me a lot of food for thought as I stepped into the world of adulthood and took my first full-time job, and I never stopped writing and exploring the worlds in my head. So far, I have written four collections of short stories and poetry, and a number of novels, with many more to come. I hope you have enjoyed this part of my journey.

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