The Chaos Principle, Nathan Johnson
The Chaos Principle, Nathan Johnson
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The Chaos Principle

Author: Nathan Johnson

Narrator: Nathan Johnson

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Nathan Johnson

Published: 02/27/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

"A measured and inquisitive speculative mystery with a lyrical soul." - KIRKUS
A MYSTERY CAN REQUIRE A SERIES OF OTHERWORLDLY DISCOVERIES... AND THE SPACES BETWEEN ARE WHERE THE GODS DWELL.
In the Rim, a forsaken wilderness that abuts a vacuous geographical nightmare that is the Waste, there are no more detectives. Except for Ansel Black. With the help of an evolved artificial intelligence named ANI, Ansel is tasked with solving five anomalous murders, within a world where the reclusive populace has lost its taste for lawlessness.
His search leads to cryptic graffiti and otherworldly paintings that point to life beyond ANI’s virtual world, the Stream. But the more Ansel discovers about the five victims, the more he explores how little he knows about himself, or the world around him.
Ansel is solving a traditional mystery. But life is a greater one.

Reviews

"The world had changed the day a machine learned the concept of conscious self-improvement." This book is for those who enjoy the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky as well as readers looking to feed their imagination - those who love when they read a paragraph of an event, or character's inne......more

Goodreads review by Glen

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. In a world overtaken by artificial intelligence and virtual reality, there is still a small amount of crime, even though everybody lives in little cubes. The crime is growing, and the last detective in the world needs to find out why. Dark.......more

Goodreads review by Dave

Chaos Principle asks a lot of tough questions, all through the lens of the last detective of his kind on what remains of Earth. Johnson immediately sets the dark tone and never relents, focusing on a grisly murder that Ansel is forced to investigate, which leads him down an existential wormhole ques......more

Goodreads review by Rae

In a far flung future utopia where humanity is shepherded by an all-powerful AI (ANI) – no one suffers. Life is primarily lived in the Stream, a virtual reality tailored especially for each individual experience. For most people, this life is enough. Yet for some people, deemed Abnormalities, there......more