Dissonance

📖 The Scoop

“Know this: you need not be afraid. They own the fear. They fear us because they believe we are powerful, and they are correct to do so.”

The technology behind Project Noetica is on the loose. Prevos—individuals and AIs sharing a single body—are spreading across the galaxy. Now two opposing but inexorably related forces, the Order of the True Sentients and the Zelones cartel, led by Olivia Montegreu, threaten to plunge the galaxy into chaos.

OTS believes Prevos are monsters who endanger humanity, and it intends to destroy them by any means necessary. Underworld despot Olivia Montegreu, now a radically enhanced Prevo, is its doomsday warnings made flesh.

As society splinters from within and the Earth Alliance falls to reactionaries, a formidable new player emerges on the galactic stage, one not afraid to do whatever it takes to protect all sentient life—human, Artificial and Prevo.

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The Metigen surged forward to engulf her in light. I see you, Alexis Solovy.

A galactic playground where the Metigens harness the elemental forces of space to destroy entire star systems. An alien species those same Metigens shelter from a terrifying enemy. Alex and Caleb’s exploration of the portal network reveals profound mysteries, but each one leads to more questions.

Killers and saviors. Deceivers and protectors. Destroyers and creators. Could the Metigens truly be all these things? The search for answers leads Alex and Caleb to the most shocking revelation of all—the true face of the enemy.

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It is a time of accelerating technological change and shifting allegiances as the old rules fall away and the old balance of power is upended. A new world rises—one of unshackled AIs, indestructible starships, ethereal quantum spaces and potent new weapons—and the race is on to determine who will control its future.

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AMARANTHE UNIVERSE:

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~ AURORA RHAPSODY ~ (should be read in order)

AURORA RISING TRILOGY

#1: STARSHINE (Aurora Rising Book One)

#2: VERTIGO (Aurora Rising Book Two)

#3: TRANSCENDENCE (Aurora Rising Book Three)

AURORA RENEGADES TRILOGY

#4: SIDESPACE (Aurora Renegades Book One)

#5: DISSONANCE (Aurora Renegades Book Two)

#6: ABYSM (Aurora Renegades Book Three)

AURORA RESONANT TRILOGY

#7: RELATIVITY (Aurora Resonant Book One)

#8: RUBICON (Aurora Resonant Book Two)

#9: REQUIEM (Aurora Resonant Book Three)

#10: SHORT STORIES OF AURORA RHAPSODY (can be read at any time)

~ ASTERION NOIR TRILOGY ~ (a new entry point for the series - can be read before Aurora Rhapsody)

#11: EXIN EX MACHINA (Asterion Noir Book 1)

#12: OF A DARKER VOID (Asterion Noir Book 2)

#13: THE STARS LIKE GODS (Asterion Noir Book 3)

~ RIVEN WORLDS ~ (should be read after Aurora Rhapsody and Asterion Noir)

#14: CONTINUUM (Riven Worlds Book One)

#15: INVERSION (Riven Worlds Book Two)

#16: ECHO RIFT (Riven Worlds Book Three)

#17: ALL OUR TOMORROWS (Riven Worlds Book Four)

#18: CHAOTICA (Riven Worlds Book Five)

#19: DUALITY (Riven Worlds Book Six)

~ COSMIC SHORES ~ (a new entry point for the series - each book can be read at any time and without reading any of the other books)

#20: MEDUSA FALLING (A Cosmic Shores Novel)

#21: THE THIEF (A Cosmic Shores Novel)

Genre: Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera (fancy, right?)