Author: OUELLETTE, PIERRE
Title: The Deus Machine
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0450603970). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Set in the year 2005 where a paralysing depression threatens to collapse the US government and against this backdrop, a secret military cabal sets DEUS, a supercomputer with the potential for true intelligence, on a fateful course, perpetually reinventing itself and ultimately creating a powerful new viral weaponry. The potential for global disaster escalates as DEUS begins to create bizarre and deadly new life forms. Suddenly, mankinds fate rests with Riley, an unemployed computer expert and the only person skilled enough to stop the madness, but even as DEUS is propelled towards annihilation, it forges life sustaining bonds with Riley, the woman he loves and the abandoned boy whom DEUS comes to regard as something remarkable - a friend. 3. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Science Fiction, Deus Supercomputer, New Life Forms 0450603970


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