| Allora Contributor(s): Jucha, Scott H. (Author), Gardner, Grover (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538428296 ISBN-13: 9781538428290 Publisher: Hannon Books, Inc. OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: April 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera |
| Series: Silver Ships |
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| Publisher Description: Until the Confederation created Allora, it had produced SADEs (self-aware digital entities) for hundreds of years with enormous consistency and harnessed their capabilities to power the society. But this particular, young SADE was disturbed by her confinement. Trapped in metal-alloy housing on the bridge of a luxury passenger liner, Allora sought to possess the same freedom enjoyed by humans, who came and went from her starship with abandon.Allora's hope for emancipation rested on Alex Racine, the Haraken president who had freed his SADEs, and she yearned to walk the worlds a free entity, as they did. Racine had pleaded for years with the Council of Leaders to give the Confederation SADEs equal status as citizens, and it was Allora's thought to have him intercede on her behalf and bargain for her transfer to a mobile avatar so that she might live among the Harakens.But Allora's plans were thrown into disarray when she learned that Racine would soon end his presidency. Desperate, Allora, known to her fellow SADEs as the wild child, concocts a plan to kidnap the Council Leader and his associates. She intends to hold them hostage until they acquiesce to her demands.Little does Allora know that her actions will set the Confederation and the Harakens on a collision course. Quietly waiting and watching the drama unfold are tens of thousands of SADEs, who control Confederation starships, stations, and Houses and have a vested interest in the outcome. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gardner, Grover: - Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards. Jucha, Scott H.: -Scott H. Jucha has lived in several countries overseas and in many of the US states, including Illinois where he met his wife thirty-five years ago. He has had a variety of careers in the fields of photography, biology, film/video, IT, and software. |