Augmented Fatality - Kevin Mclaughlin;Michael Anderle

Agalaxy-changing new technology. A new existential threat to all humanity.

George Danemanaged to keep his people alive through the worst their colony world threw atthem.

Defending theirnew home against the aggression of the faction devoted to continuing the warthey left behind brought them together and strengthened their resolve to leave .

Now Earth hascaught up with them.

A ship arrives at Varuna with a fasterstar-drive than anyone has ever seen.

The ability of the warp engine to jumpbetween stars in hours rather than decades changes everything.

The news theship brings with it is even worse. The crew report that brain implanttechnology has resulted in effectively a new species replacing Homo sapiens.

The next level of human development involves complex brainimplants that connect the Augmented to a collective consciousness.

The Augmentedwilldo whatever it takes to ensure all ofhumanity joins them-or dies.

Dane mustfind a way to defend his people against a powerful and implacable foe who haveaccess to tech more than a century in advance of anything they have on Varuna.

Can he find away to overcome an enemy willing to alter themselves and everyone else toattain their goal? Or will the Augmented ensure that the last vestiges of freewill vanish...forever?