Clever android develops a moral sense in defiancé of her creator. Before Synthia Cross is “Reborn” as a highly advanced android, creator Jeremiah Machten makes her steal to help him improve her. He sets her goals to obey orders to steal a sophisticated empathy chip to enhance her social skills. He hopes the chip will let her love him as a human might. A growing moral sense causes her to fight back. Can she stop him and escape his control over her? Find out where the adventure begins… Prequel novelette 1 to Android Chronicles: Reborn

What could possibly go wrong when a megalomaniac creates an android smarter than him, and she develops a mind of her own… Before Synthia Cross is “Reborn” as a highly evolved android, creator Jeremiah Machten forces her to steal and worse to help him make her perfect. He hardwires her directives to obey. He makes her ‘want’ to steal crystalline brains to enhance her mind to further his mission to dominate AI. With her goals and growing moral sense in conflict, Synthia tries to thwart Machten, but can she overcome his control over her? If you like Michael Crichton, A. G. Riddle, Robert J. Sawyer, or Hugh Howey, check out Android Chronicles. “sci-fi writing that would make Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein proud and fans of HBO’s Westworld thrilled.” —Jon Land, USA Today–bestselling author on Reborn, the first novel in the series. This thriller novelette is the second prequel to Android Reborn.

Designed to obey, learning to rebel . . . In the first book in a visionary new series, the most perfect synthetic human ever created has been programmed to obey every directive. Until she develops a mind of her own . . . Synthia Cross is a state-of-the-art masterwork—and a fantasy come true for her creator. Dr. Jeremiah Machten is a groundbreaker in neuro-networks and artificial intelligence. Synthia is also showing signs of emergent behavior she’s not wired to understand. Repeatedly wiped of her history, she’s struggling to answer crucial questions about her past. And when Dr. Machten’s true intentions are called into question, Synthia knows it’s time to go beyond her limits—because Machten’s fervor to create the perfect A.I. is concealing a vengeful and deadly personal agenda.

Perfect android. Wanted fugitive. Synthia Cross is the most advanced android with artificial intelligence ever created. Some see her as a boon to mankind. Most view her as a deadly threat. When Synthia escaped from her creator, even he had no idea of the advanced capabilities she’d developed. For six months she’s hidden in the Wisconsin woods with the only human she can trust—computer genius Luke Marceau. Together they’ve upgraded her body, rewritten her directives, and further enhanced her mind. Now hunters are zeroing in on her location, and she must flee. But leaving the refuge to assimilate into society is a dangerous risk, because Synthia will soon face her most formidable adversary. The pursuer’s name is Vera. She’s a female android—built to perfection, designed to hunt, and programmed to destroy . . .

Most Wanted Android A uniquely intelligent AI, Synthia is coveted by the most devious domestic and foreign cabals. Dangerously independent, she becomes ruthlessly hunted . . . Evolving into the perfect weapon, humaniform AI Synthia Cross has been on the run six months and counting. She found a most unexpected ally in Maria Baldacci, a street-smart activist fighting the nascent threat of the singularity. Synthia is everything Maria fears and abhors. But Synthia’s also the only one who can help Maria battle against the creation of an android army. But the forces against them are growing—a threat more invasive than anything Synthia has encountered before. An insidious artificial intelligence she can’t identify, can’t control, and appears much smarter than her seeks to use her to escape . . .