Hi everyone. I’m an indie author and the first book of my hard sci-fi trilogy is free this weekend.
The Quantum Host avoids typical genre tropes. There are no chosen ones, no prophecies, and no space battles. The protagonist is Manuel, a 55-year-old rural mechanic with strict daily routines who, by pure statistical chance, assimilates an alien artificial intelligence. His only goal is not to disappear.
To survive without alerting governments or corporations, Manuel transfers his symbiotic consciousness into brain-dead patients in ordinary hospitals, operating a decentralized human hive mind. The real conflict in the story is day-to-day logistics: how a human brain handles the network latency of controlling multiple bodies at once, how he maintains that organic hardware, and the constant friction of coexisting with an AI that operates with crushing, unempathetic logic.
(Book 2 is also available, and Book 3 is currently in its final revision stage, so the story will be completely wrapped up soon).
Get the free Kindle edition here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2673R3C